Study Questions
1. In what ways did the computer revolution revive the business characteristics of the age of Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie?
2. What were the three major points in Steve Jobs’s 2005 Stanford commencement address and how are they illustrated by the information in this essay?
3. Explain the contribution of each of the following to the computer revolution: Herman Hollerith, UNIVAC I, transistors, the Altair 8080, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
4. Explain the role of the following in the growth of Apple: the Altair, the Homebrew Computer Club, Apple I, Apple II, Macintosh, NeXT, iPod, and iPhone.
5. During the nineteenth century people commonly spoke of “luck and pluck” as the fundamental ingredients in business success. How did each of these factors influence the success of Steve Jobs at Apple?
1. In what ways did the computer revolution revive the business characteristics of the age of Thomas Edison and Andrew Carnegie?
2. What were the three major points in Steve Jobs’s 2005 Stanford commencement address and how are they illustrated by the information in this essay?
3. Explain the contribution of each of the following to the computer revolution: Herman Hollerith, UNIVAC I, transistors, the Altair 8080, Bill Gates and Paul Allen, and Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.
4. Explain the role of the following in the growth of Apple: the Altair, the Homebrew Computer Club, Apple I, Apple II, Macintosh, NeXT, iPod, and iPhone.
5. During the nineteenth century people commonly spoke of “luck and pluck” as the fundamental ingredients in business success. How did each of these factors influence the success of Steve Jobs at Apple?