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Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words

Steve Jobs Archive; edited by Leslie Berlin

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Summary

Edited by Leslie Berlin, this collection brings together Steve Jobs’s speeches, interviews and emails, with an introduction by Laurene Powell Jobs and editor’s notes. Three main parts trace launching Apple, the years at NeXT and Pixar, and his return to Apple. The selections show how he spoke about products, teams, creativity and his own life. The archive states that material has been edited and excerpted for clarity and privacy.

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Why read it Our view

Read it to examine how a founder explains the purpose of a product and the work of a team. The collected material gives you different forms of communication to compare: public talks, interviews, private emails and drafts that show ideas being refined.

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  • Steve JobsCollected speeches and correspondence
    The Steve Jobs Archive publishes this edited collection of Jobs’s own speeches, interviews and emails, with contextual notes by Leslie Berlin.
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