Steve Jobs Tribute Speech

A. Attention Getter: How many people in this room own or have owned an IPod, IPhone, or IPad? Isn’t astounding how one man’s vision and innovation gave us all devices that have made the world today more connected than it’s ever been? Devices we NOW can’t imagine leaving behind when we walk out the front door in the morning. Whether it’s listening to music in your bedroom, reading the news on the train ride to work, checking your email at home or even sitting in a waiting room watching Netflix. It’s hard to deny the influence and impact that Steve Jobs has had on modern culture.

Without Steve Jobs great mind and hands in the technologic revolution we would have never had the opportunity to see technology the way we do today and how much of

VI. When I was born he taught me to be the strongest person I could be and to do my absolute best at everything I try.

In May 2010, Apple's market cap closed the day at $222.12 billion putting it ahead of rival Microsoft Corp. Shares of Apple reached an all-time high of $330.26 during 2011's first regular trading session.

When they introduce Apple II, people started to recognize their presence and they started to receive orders.

Attention Getter: In 1984 the first cd play or “Walk-man” was released. The first laptop came out in 1982 and cost a mere $8,150 which comes out to $19,630 today. In 2001 the first smartphone was released. All of these devices since have been outdated and updated. And the company that runs them all is Apple Co. And Apple would not be where it is if not for the mastermind behind it all, Steve Jobs

Many times in my life, I have received many lessons from my father. My father is a special man, he's nurtured me, cared for me in a way no man will ever get to do. My dad is someone who I can always say has been there for me, and i couldn't ever imagine life without him. Yet, there is one thing i can't ever forget. He's an alcoholic. My "dad" was never there, the alcohol was. There were times when i just couldn't believe to smell the alcohol on his breath. My whole life, my dad was in the Navy, so we moved around a lot. We never really had a home until i was around 7 years old, so through that time we struggled to have a real family due to us living out of boxes. When we bought our home in Harbor Ridge, things changed. My dad was really there, he went to my sporting events, he was home for dinner, and he was even there to tuck me into bed

Steve jobs demonstrated to the world just how fundamental technology is in our developing environment. He exemplified a successful and innovative leader, especially in the face of failure. One could argue that although Steve Jobs was an extremely influential businessman of his time, he had numerous tragic flaws. Egotistic is a word that describes this illustrious worker. Credit for ideas were never given to the instrumental “behind the scenes” intellectuals, and without the them, he may never have been so successful. While he was working for Apple, people would always struggle with the individualistic approach he had and would often times complain about his boastful nature. He exhibited qualities that made his dislikable, however without Steve Jobs the iPhone, a

College dropout Steve Jobs and high school dropout Steve Wozniak put Apple Computer (known as Apple) in the public eye on April 1st in 1976 via the Apple I computer kit, a starter for do-it-yourselfers (Deffree, Suzanne). Personal computing began primarily as an expensive hobby for those who could understand how to work with the mechanisms. The Apple I contained only the circuit board (the ‘brains’ of the system) with other limited things sold separately, but overall the system was to be built by its operator. It cost $666.66 which would be $2804.22 with relation to today’s inflation qualities (“The Inflation Calculator”, “History of the Apple Computer”). The introduction of these computers brought the technology to a wider audience, helping more people gain the

My mother, she is a powerful women who carries the weight of the world on her shoulders, but yet she acts like she is free, she acts like she is as light as a feather, she doesn’t let anything overcome her smile. It is the world vs her and her pocketbook. She holds her red lipstick in the bag. The red lipstick she wore to her double mastectomy. 2010 was the last time she wore her fire truck red lipstick as the doctors wheeled her into the operating room. Her red lips empowered her. They symbolized that the doctors can remove her breast to relieve her of the braca gene but no matter what she is still a women, she can still feel beautiful when she looks down to see nothing but 2 scars and surgical scar tissue. Her red lipstick in the side pocket

After his daughter, Yolande, passed away from a heart attack in 1961, W.E.B decided to move to Ghana and finally joined the Communist Party as a final act in his years. In February of 1963 he became a citizen of Ghana and was given an honor when he turned 95.

The development of Apple Inc. came during the unstable economic times of the 1970’s. Best friends and college dropouts, Steve Jobs and Stephen Wozniak pooled their electronic and business

On his return Steve started hanging around Wozniak, the electronic genius. The Apple Computer was formed on April fool’s Day 1976, after Jobs and Wozniak created a new computer circuit board in Jobs’s family garage. The Apple 1 computer goes on sale by the summer for $666.66.

At Stanford's 2005 graduation Steve Jobs spoke to some of the brightest young men and women in the country. Stanford's graduating class of 2005 heard an inspiring and compelling speech split into three stories from Steve Jobs life. Steve Jobs used metaphors, repetition, and antithesis creating an inspiring and compelling argument to never give up on finding and doing what you love.

Apple opened the year 2010 with the announcement of a new product, the iPad, a large touch screen tablet computer.  Once Apple released iPad on April 3, 2010, the iPad sold more than 300,000 units and by the end of the first week, sales reached 500,000.  In May, Apple’s market cap exceeded Microsoft’s for the first time since 1989 (Mahmood, 2007).  Following the iPad, Apple released the fourth generation iPhone, along with the second generation of iPods. By late 2010, Apple shares hit an all-time high of $300 and finished the year with the unveiling of the latest installment of its