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Inspiration for a good business idea can strike anytime, but only a lucky few will ever see their brainchild become a smashing success. Even fewer have the guts to hold on to their idea in the face of skepticism and adversity while resisting change from outside forces. We took a closer look at some of the most successful tech businesses, and the figures behind them, that have stayed true to their original goals or persevered when it looked like they would fail. You'll either be motivated to pursue your own ideas or curse these guys for making it seem so easy.
Steve Jobs
For a while, it seemed that Microsoft would always be the top dog in technology. Nowadays, Apple is the hip brand that consumers flock to, mainly due to founder and CEO Steve Jobs' determination to come up with innovative and attractive products while Microsoft keeps churning out new versions of Windows. When Jobs took over Apple again in 1996, the company had suffered great financial losses but things began to turn around with the debut of the first iMac in 1998. Since then, the realm of online music has been particularly good for Jobs - when it seemed nobody would pay for songs again, iTunes succeeded, and the iPod crushed Microsoft's Zune. In addition to the jabs from the Mac versus PC ads, Jobs' quest for domination is evident in children's movies.
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Subscribe to commentsEl TacoJul 3rd 2008 11:16PM
"founder and CEO Steve Jobs' determination to come up with innovative and attractive products"
innovative: Sometimes (iphone) but usually not
attractive: yes
IkariJul 4th 2008 9:43AM
The web "designers" who keep using this shitty slideshow format are pretty stubborn. They're also talentless, overpaid hacks. Pay a high-school kid the $50 to design you a better template.
sunny beachJul 5th 2008 3:17PM
Nice find. This was an interesting read.
Stubbornness can be an asset in certain situations.
Tim BJul 9th 2008 10:41PM
"...and the iPod crushed Microsoft's Zune." Okay, and the Zune only arrived two years ago and is a different business model, subscription service via the Zune marketplace while iTunes is 99 cent downloads. Makes me wonder how many other facts the writer will slant to make his point. And I'm an Apple fan, but the Zune comment is just bad journalism.
helluriJul 10th 2008 2:41AM
I don't know if you really believe that paying for music really makes the difference, but in case you do, I've got news for you; less than 0.05% of the world pays to listen to music on their handheld. That is why both Zune and iPod have a broken feature, in the sense that they are really utopian about making money from music in electronic media. If someone doesn't come up with a viable solution ("viable" is the word here.. DRM is worse than most computer viruses out there) to selling music online, people just won't care to pay for their music. The funny thing is, most people want to.. Most people want to support their favorite artist/band etc. True, most of that money goes to the corporate fatso, but it still makes a difference for that gifted person who made their day with his/her music. Corporations do all kinds of idiotic moves to prevent people from paying up.. The rust will eventually wear off and the heads of production companies will be people who are better tuned with today's needs.. Until then, I'm not paying a single dime (I haven't for the past 5 years) to the music industry..
blackAug 10th 2008 3:34AM
Well on Apple, one thing I did notice while playing Metal Gear Solid 4 is that there is quite a bit of Apple products getting placed in the game, so yeah they are targeting console gamers now, too.
And please if you doesn't hurt you guys, get a different presentation...