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eyesee wrote:

After watching the movie "Pirates of the Silicon Valley", 1. What are the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur? 2. How do you see yourself as a technopreneur? 3. Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

1.What are the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur?

success:

During the time im wathchin the movie titled “pirates of the silicon valley” on lab 1 during the class of sir Randy. At first I never thought for what happen on the Apple and Microsoft Company for how they have started from down to top. I was amazed on Steve Jobs of what personality that he have. Because he was so really weird type of a person but despite of his form he made the impossible things with his partner and also a great friend for him named Steve Wozniak to create the thing that make him successful that he is and that is the personal computer. The set first on theory then they make it on actual and then the result was a computer. They create and sell those things on Jobs garage until this was make it as a company. They called it as Apple Company. Although they succeeded very fast but they are also until they make it that Steve Jobs as the richest in the world and make him so famous in every part of the world. Steve Jobs was a college dropout when he teamed up with Steve Wozniak in 1976 to sell personal computers assembled in Jobs' garage. That was the beginning of Apple Computers, which revolutionized the computing industry and made Jobs a multimillionaire before he was 30 years old. He was forced out of the company in 1985 and started the NeXT Corporation, but returned to his old company in 1996 when Apple bought NeXT. Jobs soon became Apple's chief executive officer and sparked a resurgence in the company with products like the colorful iMac computer and the iPod music player. Jobs is also the CEO of Pixar, the animation company responsible for movies like Toy Story and Monsters, Inc. Pixar was purchased by the Walt Disney Company in 2006 for $7.4 billion in stock; the deal made Jobs the largest individual shareholder of Disney stock. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003 and had surgery in July of 2004, and was criticized by some for not disclosing his illness to stockholders until after the fact. His health was in the news again in 2008, when his extreme weight loss sparked rumors that his cancer had recurred. Jobs refused to speak publicly about his health, but in January of 2009 he took a formal six-month leave of absence from Apple, saying that his health.problems were "more complex than I originally thought." He had a liver transplant later that year and returned to work at Apple on a part-time basis in June of 2009. we know the characteristic of Steve, his fashion to computers, perseverance to work and thirst to success. The one who make him success is he knows to take the risk although he don’t know what would be probably happen in the future if he failed he would accept the fact but it succeed during he make those things in great way of Technopreneurship. This is the reason the people around the world was so amazed for what he have done in his life. He is also sometimes a strict in term from his employee that were maybe also the reason to make his Company at the top because maybe the way of he lead his workers to make them work in plane not on a rusty way. As an IT student I know Apple products are very great device as the person to use it in comfortably way. The factor that make contributed to me for Steve Jobs success is to study your product if this will fit for the environment that you are living if this would be useful for the people that surrounds you and that would be a the reason that your product will be the best thing to buy for the people for example for that is your living on the area which is so cold and by that reason your selling jackets and people need those to wear to fit there suit on the climate of this area and by that your supply will be in demand for the people and you can already sell those for a high price because you don’t have the competent to sell those products if you have then you make a it better that is more comfortable for the people than to the enemy that are selling those same of your products and this I can compare as what happened on Steve Jobs products he made to sell those because people around the world need to use those computer. A computer that is easy to use and high quality that the reason that why apple is in demand to the people not just on his country but also around the world.

Failure:

During the time im watching the movie I know already that life is not always at the top there is also be a trials but sometimes this will make you down if you never make it fix by your own way. Steve Jobs attitude is really the one that it is the main problem for his employees and even to his best friend Steve Wozniak were also hate him on the middle of his works. Steve Wozniak makes him leave alone to handle the company even though he is also the one why Apple is on the top from the other company. He didn't even claim his wife and his daughter to be his family. And what's even worst is that he give bad mouths to other people he sees especially when someone is applying to his company but in some other way, there is no perfect apple as it fights "time". One side my rotten quickly, hence, Steve attitudes turned badly wrong. He mistaken the most important thing in business, to take good care to your employees for this are the one who helps and merely destroy your company. And also he made the mistake to trust some people when Bill Gates the current chairman of Microsoft Company comes and make his company in upside-down and now the Microsoft is already owns the Apple already to this present day. Bill Gates is also like him that is having thirst on success and wants to become at the top too. Bill Gates is wise person he make already a plan already that he will make Steve Jobs closer so it is easy for him to let him down. The thing that is contributed to me the failures of Steve Jobs from the movie is you should also have the good attitude you should also be wise to choose the person for who should be trust.

These will be the following quotes of Steve Jobs nowadays:

“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something...almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”

“I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else. And we were about three months late in filing a fictitious business name so I threatened to call the company Apple Computer unless someone suggested a more interesting name by five o'clock that day. Hoping for stimulate creativity. And it stuck. And that's why we're called Apple.”


Reference:
http://www.philosophersnotes.com/quotes/by_teacher/Steve+Jobs






2. How do you see yourself as a technopreneur?

For now I’m currently thinking on my self what will am I in future? Im still on the process to become a computer specialist try to make my self to get more information in technology to learn more about of it and how can I gain money by this way of business. I was enlightened when the time I saw the movie of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates story, it makes me the reason that I can be not just be an employee but I can also be the boss the way of Technopreneurship. Technopreneurship is not a product but a process of synthesis in engineering the future of a person, an organization, a nation and the world. In a digital, knowledge based society, strategic directions or decision-making processes will be demanding and complex. This requires tertiary level and professional development programs and training to produce strategic thinkers who will have the skills to succeed in a dynamically changing global environment. Traditional educational programs, however, lack the methodology to transform today's students into creative, innovative, visionary global leaders who understand the importance of Technopreneurship. We can’t tell for who I am in future maybe my skills will be useful and I can create software or hardware that I can able to sell those things and maybe I can be able to follow the Bill Gates path of how make is life like on this present day as the richest. And for now I am already planning to create a technology that is something unique, for the people a new thing which is this will be the new phenomenon for the people to use for those things but that is only in plan for now. If I would be the Technopreneur I can see my self as a boss not only an employee for a company. If can create company like Steve and Bill, well I can assure my self that I can also be at the top. Being technopreneur is also needed to have more information about technology because this is basing a new device to sell and this can be also be a great business way for us to perform. Being a technopreneur as what Randy said to us that you don’t need to become the intelligent from the class to become a good business man you only need is you’re a wise person to handle the business you’re taking for. That words that he speak from us makes enlightened me also because before I’m always look down to my self that im not smart from the class I always failed but there still way to become a successful person is to use your skills not only your knowledge from the class can make you live because when you already know you skills and use it wisely you can lived for it. Were also talking there for leadership, because to be a good technopreneur is you should be a good leader that would be the key for you to make your company to in consistent status if you have the skillful employee to create your products from technology to your company well that will be the great purpose so why you can be a successful businessman and I’m dreaming on it. This would probably fact that why you should go for Technopreneurship for this simple question, Can I really earn from technology? People think nowadays about their future. They think seriously, of course life is not a joke. But sometimes people don't know how to do it. Well in fact the things they need is just around them. The keep on looking for money and they are looking for it badly. Sadly, they don't really know about earning through technology. Technopreneurship, sounds weird right? But that is how it's called. Technopreneurship is the key to earn money through technology. The word came from 2 different words. First, technology, and next is entrepreneurship, where it means business. People are really struggling for survival but they don't know that the stuffs that could save them from annihilation and broke is just beside them. Yes just beside them, they only need a computer and an internet connection. That's how amazing it is. And worst of it lots of people don't see this stuff and have no plan for their future. So could this be? Ok, first thing's first, There are lots of offers in the internet, ranging from advertising to affiliate business to freelance writing and now how could you say it's impossible to do. Well, it's up with you, as many wise people say, "whether you think you can or you think you cannot, either way you're right." There are really lots of stuffs in the web that you could earn from. Or you would use anything that is a masterpiece of technology. Being Technopreneur is really the things people consider now. Especially these times that we have job inflation rate and based on statistics, here in Philippines, we have 13,000,000 people jobless. Yes, but sad to say, it is the reality. Being a Technoprenuer really helps this kind of situation. Why? Because when you start a business, you could hire your fellowmen as your employees and you can give job to them. So you help yourself to have a financial freedom and at the same time, you help other people. Now, do we really need to become a Technopreneur? It is your choice. Well as of now I really do earn with this. Hope you do it to and start to have you financial freedom. As what I have learned from technopreneurship this probably the big help for me to have the stable life as what the most of the people really wanted for. This would probably the way for us to escape from the financial crisis because most of us already experience those things and making for alternative way that would be the technopreneur is also the best thing to choose for us to earned money for it. As I can see my self as a technopreneur that probably still the mystery because I’m not like Bill Gates and Steve Jobs who are the college drop outs and not the same as intelligent as they are. Maybe I can do those things as technopreneur in different way. ^_^

Reference:
http://hubpages.com/hub/Technopreneurship






3. Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

If I’m on the same situation of Steve Jobs for sure I will do the same as what he did but for now were the only a student that are studying as what they have done on today’s technology. Maybe we can be there successor or not. I will not take the same career path of Steve Jobs because Steve’s career is not good for me when the way he leads his employee and the way he treat his wife and to his daughter that was really dirty living for my part. Although it is bad for the company that you have the employee never been finish there work but still it is not good to treat them not like humans if you really want those employee that never sleeps why don’t you hire the robots which is no feeling and never sleeps I don’t really like the lifestyle of Steve Jobs especially when he reject his own daughter which is the big sin for us. I will do other ways because it is impossible for me to follow his path because we are in a new generations of IT people maybe we can do our career better than Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs only once he became the richest in the world but still its not enough for me to convince my self to follow his path because the number one fact of that is I’m not him and I am for who I am so I will deal the career which is fit for me to create those things. Technopreneurship is the only key for the people like as to earn money and this already proven by this two big company Apple and Microsoft that we can really gain the money to technology but its up to you if how you could handle the company and how you can lead your employee o work from you. There are also still another way to gain money trough technopreneur whatever your alone and don’t have company and employees that are working for you. You can create system or games or any other software designs that you can sell it to the others. It only needs effort and time to create systems or website design then you could sell those already by chatting or promoting those from the other sites. I could not afford to follow the path of Steve Jobs because into his career it is impossible for me to obtain the same advance technology gadgets were Steve Jobs using on it to create products from the Apple. I can be a technopreneur on simple way by developing programs or systems which is nowadays many of the buildings which is already a computerized from there security and to serve the costumers and a lot of the businessman holding already a laptops which is I can also create for how they can do there work easily and comfortably way. If the only thing I have the talent and skills like Bill Gates I will really follow his steps and applying those in a wise way and never be down just like Steve Jobs he made it successfully on first but in the end he was down because of failures of making his role as the leader for his company he don’t know how to look back if were he had been started and forgetting the people that which is on her side when he is just starting to made his career but those people also make him down. Despite of problems that he had he always put his anger from his workers and sometimes the workers were already thinking for him if how they can make him down. It doesn’t matter that he become once at the top I don’t like his perception in career and I don’t like his innovation of his career and for him always be having the hunger of success always he wants his life is perfect and the way he insult the people who are applying his company because we don’t know that person is skillful not just kicking his ass because he don’t know to answer from his stupid questions. He takes the business from technology for sometimes not in a good way he made to pirate some software’s. I always look for positive visions of my skill that I know I can go for my dream someday that I could be a developer of the music industries or etc. I term of technology like Steve Jobs I have also the charisma so sell my products someday and I could be a globally competitive with my enhanced skills but that is just an imagination for now because I need more learning’s and deep information of what is technopreneurship but someday I can motivate my self that I could be a technopreneur. I don’t want to be failed from my works in building my successful life I want to make it as hardest as rock which is not easily to be distract by the some trials and failures in life. Although life is like a wheel which is you can be at the top or you be either be down. I can work with my employees and I can also work my self. Choosing the career path is not just only a joke because you life and future depends from your decision which is you choose it wisely and think it for many times before you committed those thing that you already chosen it reflect from you and your family as what Steve Jobs did he made the business like a religion but when the time that he was been down he was been placed on embarrassment of life and having regrets from his mistakes. So my decision is final and will not do the same career path of Steve Jobs. I can create my own path it depends from the result of taking the risk if will be failed make the alternative way and if it is successful it will be good I can make my life there and continue my career for this which is I succeed and making my dreams come true.



Godbless and thankyou ^_^