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1.What are the factors that contributed to the success and failure of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur?

Steve Jobs, frankly speaking this was my first time to know this awesome guy. Because the only guy that really knew is Bill Gates, but not that quite just a little information about him.

Now, according to some of my conducted research and with this movie, he his surely a very rich man and not just that he is also a smart and one of a kind.


Now, after viewing the movie I could say being a positive thinker, persistent, by having future outlook and risk-taker has attributed great to his success. You see, Steve Jobs and his friend started from nothing and yet ended up to something good. Because Steve Jobs, desires something that could make people acknowledge him as successful person. With this desire he struggle to become one. He never loses hope and never ever thinks of giving up even when slight difficulties come to him because he wants to change his life, build or create something that can help other people’s life more convenient. He always thinks positively in every outcome of their works. Also the movie shows what kind of risk he took just to fulfill his desires or dream. And most importantly is his ability to get the attentions of others (not the literal meaning of the phrase), or his ability to convincing other people like what the movie showed. With these factors, he soars up high and reaches his goal but still he continue to create more favorable things that being desired by others.


Ø Positive Thinker- having this kind of personality in us is a great in our daily lives. We humans are surround by tons of problems like financial, pollution, studies, love, family and many more. But because we have this personality in us we never give up so easily and either let our problems reign amongst us. This personality is what I have seen on Steve Jobs, you see in the movie there are times that Steve plans didn’t work he never lose hopes. Because he strongly believes that there is always a solution to their problems.

Ø Persistent- which I strongly believe that Steve has in his self. Persistent is the act of continuing to persist what you want. So in this movie Steve is persistent to do what he desires most and what he undoubtedly believe is right. Because of this he surpasses people that are greater than him.

Ø Having a future outlook- this king of personality is very common to us people. This is where we enable our self to us or to picture us in the future. This is what I have seen in Steve in the movie. Steve has a future outlook on his self in he future that’s why he wishes to fulfill it. He actually did reach his goals and even made his self more successful.

Ø Risk-Taker- a very unique personality of a businessman. Where he gambles everything that he owns just to make it make more progressive and productive. In the movie it is showed that in the very first part of the movie Steve possesses this traits in him. For he gambled his self in the progression of their works. Which totally bears wonderful events on his life.



These are the factors that contributed to the success of Steve Jobs.

As we know, in this world there is no such thing as a happy life. Why I said that? I said that because though Steve reaches the paramount of his success, he became arrogant, naïve in away that he disregard the feelings of his employee and he becomes needy, needy that even though he already have new products, which is a highly advance than the first one, he still want to have something more unique. And also he becomes high tempered manager, which is the cause of boundary between employer and employee. And he becomes ambitious; I said that because he wants to sweep away IBM.
Because of this he was easily fooled by Bill Gates, causing great chaos in the Apple Company, and not only that it tore his company down while Gates became rich and famous.

Now for the downing part:

Ø Arrogant- as the movie goes on, Steve has become already reached hid goal but also he becomes arrogant that even his employees are afraid to him. Afraid to be shouted and embarrassed by him. Thus, making him unapproachable by his employee. Even his friend turned him down because of thus kind of attitude.

Ø Naïve- naïve because Steve, as what I said above, he disregard the feelings of his employee. Causing some of them to file a resignation letter and move away from Apple.

Ø Needy- because he wants something more that could take IBM down to its knees. Though Steve has already new tech on their he still desires for a new thing that could make him more supreme than those company that plays as his great competitors. With this unsupplied desires he becomes hungry for new power and new tech that he thinks that could play great role in destroying his enemy.

Ø Ill-tempered- Steve becomes Ill-tempered chairman, where he would shout his employees that will not do what he says, especially that one part of the movie where certain employees could not take asleep without finishing what he wants him to do and when he caught that certain person sleeping he abruptly shouted and embarrassed the poor guy.



These are the reason why Apple Company falls to the hand of Bill Gates the owner of the MICROSOFT Company. And not only that he loses his funded, love and raised company but he also lose the trust of his employee not only his employee but also the trust of the people, who are supreme than him and the worst part is when his friend from college and his only companion in reaching his goal and his colleague on the company resign due for his sudden change of character


2.How do you see yourself as a Technopreneur?

Technopreneur is come from 2 words Technology and Entrepreneur. It means a business that using technology as their business model.
In the movie Steve uses Technology to become fulfill his dreams and also he uses technology to create new ones.
Being Technopreneur students is very easy, as long you know how to use current technology you good to go. The only thing that one must remember is what kind of business you are up to. What product or service is good to market or to establish? Because if you don’t know anything your business will rot. As we know business is a tough field where thousands of competitors are competing to become the best and ony to become the best but to become supreme to everyone.

As a 3rd year student of UseP and a student enrolled in IT elective technopreneurship, I have seen my self as a good technopreneur. Why I sat that? It is because I believe in myself that I could do it. Even though I am a student, but with my experienced in that field I know I could become successful one just as the other people are. You may wonder on that paragraph, but to tell you I am a working student and with this experience of mine is my great edge. The edge that could help my self attained my desired in life. This is due to I have been exposed to people. Not only that ,but being a IT student is my greatest edges for as we know technopreneur uses technology as a initial capital.
Technopreneurship opens great opportunities to as youth of generation not only youth but those who are indulge in technology. We can earn money while studying and some are while working. These are possible with our technology. Blogs, being content writer, opinion giver to international companies and many more, these are few things the technology can help us earning money.
Me as a technopreneur, let see though I have said it earlier that I am an IT students being a technopreneur would be a slightly tough because even though I am an IT student my knowledge about technology area quite bad but it doesn’t mean I am not capable of becoming one. Using computer would be sufficient to fill that missing incompleteness.

Let see how do I see my self as a Technopreneur?
Ahmm.. First I must think of my possible goods, products and services that would be a hit to the public. A place, where I could sell or rendered service and first things first the capital. No business can stand without a capital. With that all set, I could see myself self managing small business, then with all the high income, from small to big one. Then I see myself as a successful technopreneur, successful as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, they say “ it is not bad to exaggerate our dreams, the only thing matter is how to make it real”. Being an technopreneur is a way that an individual can earn money though it is not his real job. Kind a bet of twisted in there right? In this paragraph, I mean that even as an individual and a newly graduate one, finding jobs are like finding a needle in a haystack on this day. So even if you graduate as an IT, immediate employment is too far to reach, that is what I mean on that paragraph.
My possible attitudes that may help in reaching my goals and also my attitudes that can help my business as tecnopreneurship more productive:

• Open minded- a basic attitude that every people in business should possess, because having this can let you accept ideas that can be very useful in the progress of you business and your relationship to other people in the field of Business.
• Resourceful- in this traits a technopreneur should use resources that are just a hand reach, because no need of new things just a little of CREATIVENESS will do just fine.
• Respectful- traits that should be strengthen by everyone because with this you are respected by other people.
• Learn to listen to other- listening to others would be your stepping stone in creating better relationship to others and soon will lead to cooperation and harmony.
• Down to earth- a trait that can let people around feel that you are an approachable one and they could also feel that your are reliable and a friend to everyone.
• God Fearing- a very good traits, where a technopreneur acknowledge GOD as above all his works and duties and responsibilities.
• Thinking outside the box- this means that when you have a business and you want to earned or you want to have an income higher than you are expecting .So invest or expanding your business is a good idea on having it.
Above are my possible traits or attitude that might help me, to become a successful technopreneur someday and also this could not be possible if I don’t have some qualities that a technopreneur should possess, which are:
• As for now, I am a student that will do well in my studies and other academic activities that would give and help me learn about o the field of study I belong.
• Sharing my knowledge to everyone and helping them.
• Learning more about Technopreneurship is like a door of hope that opened to more opportunities as we go o and take a new chapter in our daily life as students.
• Listening to some advices that would be given by someone who are on that field.
• Being a friendly to everyone is good qualities because we might know when we establish our, those people you have be friend with might be your possible and reliable customers.
• A good convincing a highly appreciated quality of a technopreneur, because when you have convincing power it is not a problem to have great number of customer as you will establish such business that you have in your mind.

3. Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

Now, in this question?? Let see!!

Choosing path of career is somewhat for me is the peak of life, because it is our own life we are talking in here and we wouldn’t like to see our self in refuge because of wrong path we chose. Choosing our path maybe easy to think and say but fulfilling it is the hardest part as we go on in our daily life. It is right that we choosing our path is a free thing to do but thinking of the so on outcome is like watching horror movies, your heart pump rapidly and a blood rising choice to make.
After watching the Movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley, I was amazes by how Steve Jobs become such successful even though everything has started in a small blue box then to these computers. So ihave come up with this answer regarding to the question being stated above:
If I were to ask my answer is yes and no. (Playing same!! Ha-ha). You may think that I am just joking when I said that I would take the same career as Steve Jobs took and no I will not. To clear your head, I will tell that yes I would take the same part as what Steve took because, who would like to be stuck in low level of lifestyle? No one! Right, I would like to follow what he did because, practically who would not do so? Steve Jobs started from nothing but because of his persistent and desire to obtain his goal he succeeded in his journey. So, I wanted to become like him, as a risk taker and like him never stop believing that he, sooner he will be acknowledge by everyone, to become rich, the employer and every material things are on his hand. Expensive clothes, big house, wheels, and everything that you could imagine. Not only in that reason why I would like to follow the career taken by Steve, I like to take the same path as he took because I want to prove to myself that I could do things that exceeds to my imagination.
Also the movie shows some traits that allow Steve Jobs to attain his goal like:
• Sales Talk- he posses these traits that allow him to attracted possible and big time buyers or customer.
• Determination- This is one of Steve’s traits that he possesses, not an ordinary determination for it was a supreme one because of this determination he achieve his goals step by step.
• Smart- but of course being smart is really a something because how could think of some ways that could help you formulate ideas that would result in something favorable in your side.
• Communication skill – because one must possess these traits for the reason of, having this plus sales talk you can easily attract promising customer.
• Innovative- because he wants to create something new that would satisfy the need of people in technology using some of his made products.
I have said the thing why I want to take the path as what Steve took above now is for no, I would not!.
I said no because of one reason, because of his success he become arrogant, arrogant that when his cannot do what he told them to do because of the short period of time given to them by him, Steve would abruptly shout and embarrass that certain employee to everyone in the company by this he is trying to tell them that he is the boss and they must do want he what them to , without saying a single it. Also for the reason that he becomes an Ill-tempered person, because every time that he comes to his office he is mad as if every day is a problematic day for him especially when his girlfriend met that saying that she is pregnant and Steve is the father of the child, but Steve refuses to accept that fact for some reasons. And also when he caught one of his employees sleeping while on duty he quickly shouted and scolded that person as if he was scolded as a young child. Because of this most of his employees bears a grudge on him and especially when his friend resigned because of this attitude of him. With this action of his friend, everything that he tiredly built falls to the hand of their competitor Bill Gates, who fooled Steve and other. He loses his everything got fired from his work and everything gone wrong in Steve’s life.
Above are the reason why I said yes and no if I were to ask if would take the career path as what Steve took. Because who would seriously took his paths if his attitude towards his employees is like that. Who would you think would like to under with that managing style. Being bossy and having this negative traits can really cause big problem especially in the relationship between employee and employer, not only that it would take a great effect in the production of the company, it would result to low income, loss of customer and lastly it would cause failure of the company. That is how I would never follow such traits that I know that can cause problems. Success is a good part on Steve and not only for Steve but for all Businessman not just a good part but a very excellent one but this success would turn to nothingness if you as a leader changes your style in mingling with you employee. But in the last part of the movie, Steve Jobs change, change in a sense that he rebuild his relationship to his employees and he strengthen up his self to goodness.

“The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed. “
by: Henry Ford