Steve Jobs is an American icon because he represents the American values of economism. Steve Jobs inspired many people by the way he thought everything differently and came up with different new ideas as a CEO. He made an empire through his Apple products. Not only did he make Apple products but he also founded the film company, Pixar Animation Studios. Apple became so popular, his marketing skyrocketed. Steve Jobs distribution of his Apple products spontaneously exploded throughout the world selling Apple products everywhere becoming America’s number one trend and also led him to become one of the wealthiest men in the US as well.
Although Apple was not the first company to build computers it was the first company to built handheld computers called laptops. Steve Jobs’ amazing innovations shows how he won’t just stop at good enough but continue to work to make his products bigger and better making people’s technology experiences even easier. For example, we used to listen to music by CDs but nowadays we use ipods because it’s compact, slim, and easier to use. We used to use cell phones just to call and text but now it’s an iphone that has browsing tools. The article says, “… hey were so effective that Apple managed to reinvent products that were already available on the market, and got consumers to think they had never seen anything like them before” (postcron). He changed the whole world with Apple products.
He looked at America and saw potential to both create better lives for others and potential to create one of the largest companies in technology. Steve Jobs says, “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, that’s what matters to me. (goodreads). He enjoyed making new things in a simpler way for business and to make money. The whole point of Jamestown was to dig for gold and make their lives easier. This idea goes for Steve Jobs as well, as we saw before he has created Apple to make lives easier and to make some hard earned cash. Steve Jobs had really good business techniques which led him to make a lot of money. The article says, “The key to Jobs’ success is a combination of quality, innovation, and market strategies that were designed extremely carefully” (postcron).
He wasn’t the one who actually made the first Apple computer, it was his partner, Steve Wozniak. Steve Wozniak was a great guy because all he cared about was making technology, unlike Steve Jobs whose main goal was to make money. Steve Wozniak also believes that Steve Jobs had some knowledge to make money. Steve Wozniak says, ‘You really need the vision like Steve Jobs had, but the vision doesn’t go anywhere if you try to jump in and build products before they are cost effective for what they do, return on investment is there” (business insider).
Steve Jobs looked everything in a different way. He looked at this opportunity as an art and technology combined. For example, swishing with just one finger to see the next page on the touch screen. These innovations shaped our generation’s technology Some might argue that Steve Jobs is not representative for enough people because some countries do not have apple products. For example, in Korea, many people uses Samsung products rather than Apple products. But Steve Jobs company has expanded by a lot.
The article says, “Jobs changed the course of Apple by simplifying things. “… he made Apple more agile than other big companies, giving it a flexibility comparable to that of a startup. That enabled Apple to change course quickly in response to changes in technology, markets, users or the world in general” (computerworld). This explains that by changing Apple products into simpler things it became widely popular and spread throughout the world. The American dream to be successful, be able to create one’s own business, and to just have the power to change your own or others lives.
Steve Jobs represents this because he did just that, he achieved the american dream. Steve Jobs is a business expert and a technological artist. I believe he changed our world by making old technology new again, simplifying and innovating his products so that we the people could have it easier. Apple products spread everywhere and that’s how Steve Jobs was able to make a lot of money. He started all technology devices at number one and is still keeping the trend and ranking number one today even in death.