Pirates of Silicon Valley thing..

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

Well, I think that, as a technopreneur, Steve Jobs was born to be a good and one of the leading technopreneur in the world of business. It’s his destiny to become one. Base to the docudrama movie written and directed by Martyn Burke, Pirates of Silicon Valley, way back in the early 1980’s, in the world of business, no other businessmen or technopreneurs can get the better of Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs along with his good friend, Steve Wozniak, were inspired in working with computers. They suddenly form their own company, Apple Computers and making their own computers in their garage. Steve Jobs never stopped on making steps towards on his greater success and he knew that it’s not that easy for him to go reach his goal. I think he is the only person I knew that could have done those kinds of risks in their business careers. And I can tell that he is successful right now. With those downfalls he encountered and the risks, he did never give up.


The factors that contributed to the success of Steve Jobs are;

The optimistic side of him always reigns supreme. With that kind of characteristic he bears he will never be back down with all the problems he encounters and will encounter on the future. He knows that there are always situations that horrible things could happen to his job, but still he drives himself into that situation and resulting to a good post. He possesses the will to drag his self to the risks in order to make it to his goal. And has a strong belief in to what he is doing and he fails his personality of being optimistic never disappeared. I think that being an optimistic person like Steve Jobs is an effective tool to deal with trauma and depression.

He is an enthusiastic and a dedicated person towards his works. In the movie, when he made up his mind to do such thing or work, he abruptly make it and with all his attention put into that what is he working. He did take risks when appropriate, knowing that risks are the only way to grow. Steve Jobs also asserts in all decision, he also makes good decision fast and has confidence in his choice. Unless, they risk something, even if that’s not that immense. He makes wise decisions in order to achieve what he desire in their job. He also stick out above the rest, he harness his own thoughts and also negative thoughts and choices that cannot stay in his mind, so, he could make quick and good decisions for his company's best.

Steve Jobs is a kind of zealous person which makes him so enthusiastic and eager towards things what he likes the most, and that's being a technopreneur. He was that eager to leverage off his lifestyle into a higher level together with his friend, Steve Wozniak, that's why he managed to pull of the strings and make his own way to the top among businessmen/technopreneurs. Though his failures act as an obstacle for his success, he did never thought of stopping on what he knows he may able to excel in.

He has staggering communication skills towards other people. Being a technoprener running a business, there’s a time when business opportunities fail to remember the needs of their employees to keep in mind the instruction or messages given to them. Despite the best intentions to the company, they may fail to develop their work because such instructions or messages that need to be delivered clearly to the employees were not conveyed to them properly. And some employees, though not all employees need this kind of handling, need messages to be delivered to them repeatedly before they can take in the information given. It is very important, as a technopreneur, to stay in touch with your employees by communicating and providing consistent feedback towards their work. In line with things said above, Steve Jobs has a strong and good communication skill and he is a motivator and charismatic leader.

He is productive and creative person, he thinks differently than the usual. That is why he can make ideas out of something and make it as a key for another step to his success. He could make simple ideas of his and his friend, Steve Wozniak, and the people around him, into greater ideas and make it into reality as to what could possibly happen in a job. Being a productive and a creative person, especially when you are a technopreneur, really helps you to succeed in to what are your goals or objectives into your business because with that kind of factor in you, you can make something out of nothing. And that is also the key for the success of Steve Jobs as a technopreneur.


The factors that contributed to the failure of Steve Jobs are;

Being such a short-tempered boss. Steve Jobs as a boss to his employees, there are times that he is not that contented to the work done by his employees. He is a kind of person that when he knows that there is something left that can still make something out of it then you should not leave it behind. For him, maybe making the best out of every resource found around an employee’s workspace would always be kept in mind of the employees. So they can't get caught their selves into a short-tempered boss like Steve Jobs that could probably get you out of the job.

He is tough, rough and intimidating boss. Steve Jobs, I think he is known to be the toughest, the roughest and intimidating boss among the bosses in other companies. In connection with that, he is also a micromanager, because he tends to be expecting and requires a constant performance feedbacks. And sometimes micromanagers are usually annoyed when employees make decisions of their own without consulting the managers, even if the decisions are within the employees’ hands.


The factors above made him a very much a big deal to those who would like to become a technopreneur, it’s because of the factors that brought him to his failures and success. I think that the factors that contributed to his failure are just the right things he needs to learn from his mistakes. Because in every things we do or will do there are such factors in ourselves that can lead us in either failure or success, and make it up or try to forget the bad personalities which will surely can lead us to our downfall. And always keep in mind that in every downfall we encounter there are always brighter sides on it.