Steve Jobs (2016): Movie Review

                                                                      

 Jim Pagiamtzis review
   Tremendous performance by Michael Fassbender portraying Steve Jobs and Kate Winslet as Joanna Hoffman. The journey of success and failure of Apple and other business launches. The relationship between his ex-wife and daughter play a key role in this amazing film

10 out of 10

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 movie plot
With public anticipation running high, Apple Inc. co-founders Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and Steve "Woz" Wozniak get ready to unveil the first Macintosh in 1984.

Jobs must also deal with personal issues related to ex-girlfriend Chrisann Brennan and their young daughter Lisa. Eventually fired, Jobs launches NeXT Inc. and prepares to release a new computer model in 1988. 

Ten years later, Jobs is back at Apple Inc. and about to revolutionize the industry once again with the iMac.


                                       

Book Review: The Ten Commandments for Business Failure

                                                                      

 

  " An amazing story of the journey of Don Keugh he shares insight, experiences on what it took to have massive failures and how he turned them into successful victories that empower thousands all over the world that they can succeed in their business" Jim Pagiamtzis

 

Don Keough—a former top executive at Coca-Cola and now chairman of the elite investment banking firm Allen & Company—has witnessed plenty of failures in his sixty-year career (including New Coke). He has also been friends with some of the most successful people in business history, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Rupert Murdoch, and Peter Drucker.

Now this elder statesman reveals how great enterprises get into trouble. Even the smartest executives can fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. When that happens, more bad decisions are sure to follow.

This light-hearted “how-not-to” book includes anecdotes from Keough's long career as well as other infamous failures. His commandments for failure include: Quit Taking Risks; Be Inflexible; Assume Infallibility; Put All Your Faith in Experts; Send Mixed Messages; and Be Afraid of the Future.

As he writes, “After a lifetime in business I've never been able to develop a step-by-step formula that will guarantee success. What I could do, however, was talk about how to lose. I guarantee that anyone who follows my formula will be a highly successful loser.”

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Technology wil fail you: The projector didn't work

 At a recent event held on November 25th on Building Your Own Marketing Toolkit created by Vito Marchese from Whiteboard Studios and Authorized Local Expert with Constant Contact.

  I ask to promote the market the event as promotional partner and had a booth for Public Speakers Association: Toronto (Director)

  1st
        As we were setting up everything for the speakers before the event. I had plugged in the projector to my laptops and it became evident that the screen was very fuzzy. Sarah Zeldman one of the speakers mention that the project was nearing the end of its life and that she had her projector with her and we could use it. (smart speaker always come prepared). She pulls out it out and it was BenQ projector, I had the same one,g ave her high five for that!

     We plugging it in and it was perfect :)


  2nd
   Had arrived early to set up our booth for the afternoon. When I got there Vito Marchese advised me that one of speaker was coming that day and we would have three speaker sharing. He than asked "Do you want to be master of ceremonies today?" without hesitation I said "Sure!"

                                                                             

Mic Master Jim Pagiamtzis at Building Your Own Marketing Toolkit

       I quickly got all the bio's of all speakers and was ready to go!

       The event was huge success and Vito Marchese was very appreciate and happy of my abilities to assist.


   Moral of the story: When technology does go wrong are you ready for the opportunity to speak and have the resources ready.