Steve Jobs in exile : the untold story of NeXT and the remaking of an American visionary / Geoffrey Cain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cain, Geoffrey, 1986- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer industry--United States--History.

Computer industry.

Jobs, Steve, 1955-2011.

Jobs, Steve.

NeXT Computer, Inc--History.

NeXT Computer, Inc.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2026]

Summary:

"The Untold Story of Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years - and the Creation of a Legend. In 1985, Steve Jobs - the brilliant, volatile founder of Apple Computer - walked out of his company's headquarters, fired from the very corporation he had created. What happened next would transform not only his life and career, but the future of technology itself. For twelve years, from 1985 to 1997, Jobs wandered the business wilderness with his new venture, NeXT. It was a period of spectacular failures, near-bankruptcy, and brutal humiliation. But out of this crucible of defeat emerged the visionary leader who would go on to create the iPod, iPhone, and iPad, transforming Apple into the most valuable company on earth. Drawing on previously unpublished materials and new interviews with the key players, Geoffrey Cain reveals the untold story of Steve Jobs's 'lost decade' - the formative years that shaped the icon we thought we knew. With unprecedented access to unbroadcast footage of Jobs in NeXT meetings, private company documents, and interviews with his closest colleagues, Cain offers the definitive account of how failure transformed a brash wunderkind into a true business genius. This is the story of how Steve Jobs learned to lead, how he discovered the power of focus, and how a spectacular failure became the foundation for one of the greatest comebacks in business history. It is nothing less than the missing piece in the legend of Steve Jobs"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Siberia

Into the wilderness

Jumping ship

The crucible of dreams and depositions

The hero-shithead rollercoaster

The magical monitor stand

Deep shit list

"You should know everything's broken"

When reality distorts back

Steve on a stick

The last day of my life

Beakers and believers

Commerce and art

The blind spot

Visionary, tyrant

Mission critical

Spooks and deadheads

Rock bottom

Burned

Eating crow

Foundation

Beginner's mind

Hero's journey

Pizzas and roadshows

Operation reboot

Shoot-out

One foot in

Comeback kid

Epilogue : The long road home.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version Cain, Geoffrey Steve Jobs in exile

ISBN:

9780593716694

0593716698

OCLC:

1579841728

Publisher Number:

90104570580