27A – Reading Reflection No. 3

• 1) You read about an entrepreneur: Steve Jobs
• What surprised you the most?
• That Steves drive to build and design was instilled in him by his father.
• What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?
• Steve Jobs ability to sell virtually anything.
• What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?
• His “rude” tendencies when something did not go as planned.
• Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?
• Steve was let go of apple in 1985, in response he started up NeXT and joined Pixar.
• 2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited?
• Extreme attention to detail, as well as an uncompromising design with the drive to see it through.
• 3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
• I don’t know if it has to do with the book so much as Steve Jobs himself. In the book they point out that meditation and LSD were an important part of his life, but he was also someone who was incredibly crass and sharp.
• 4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why?
• Why was he so hesitant to take his position as Ceo again?
• How does someone who consistently faces pushback from his company continue to work on great new ideas.