Accidental Millionaire: The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs at Apple Computer

by Lee Butcher

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913729795
• ISBN13: 9780913729793
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

You'll never look at Steve Jobs the same way again

This book gets behind the scene to portrait Steve Jobs not just as another entrepreneur/corporate executive of Silicon Valley but more as a person. More specifically, a person with major personality flaws who was fortunately enough to get where he is today.You'll definitely learn what not to do as a startup. It will fundamentally change the way you look at Steve Jobs - for good or bad it's up to you to decide. It's not always the most brilliant people who wins the race. Sometimes you got be crazy and lucky to get there. Steve got there. After reading this book you'll understand why Apple never became the size of Dell, Microsoft, or Sun - of course, they don't tell you that, you just know. :-)

Great book!!

This book about Steve Jobs and early life of Apple Computer, Inc. was very good at explaining the start of Apple. It also had some good information about the early history of computers, like the Altar. One thing is wrong in the book, saying the ENIAC was the first computer, should be the ABC built by John V. Atanasoff at Iowa State University. This book deepened my love of Apple.

Good writing style: Easy and enjoyable to read

Format of book would be better if it was more chronological. Steve Jobs is portrayed as one of the biggest jerks to ever exist although the book isn't as focused on him as the title indicates. The behind the scenes chaos at Apple is made quite evident.

Loved it. It told about the heart of Apple's Macintosh

It made me understand the realationship between Jobs & Woz. It gives credit where credit is due. It puts Apple Computer into a whole new light for me. I look at the team behind the Macintosh in a while new way.