
Steve Jobs's Heroes
Books Mentioned

“The very first episode I ever did on Steve Jobs, it was based on Steve Jobs' biography written by Walter Isaacson.”

“If you could only read one biography of Steve Jobs, this is the one I would recommend. The book is called Becoming Steve Jobs.”
“This book is called Return to the Little Kingdom, Steve Jobs and the Creation of Apple, written by Michael Moritz.”
“This is also an important book, Steve Jobs and the Next Big Thing, because it covers the 13 years between when he got kicked out of Apple and when he returns.”
“This book was written after he came back to Apple the second time, but before he died. It's absolutely fantastic.”

“This book is written by the first CFO of Pixar, he talks about what it was like to build that company into an asset.”

“The first book is Insanely Simple, The Obsession That Drives Apple's Success.”

“It's called Creative Selection Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs.”
“I read Johnny Ive's biography. It's number 178, Johnny Ive, The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products.”

“This is the co-founder of Pixar, Ed Catmull's book, Creativity, Inc., Overcoming the Unseen Forces that Stand in the Way of True Inspiration.”

“The Innovators, How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution.”

“The other one is number 208, In the Company of Giants, Candid Conversations with Visionaries of the Digital World.”

“So number 40, Insisting on the Impossible, The Life of Edwin Land.”

“Number 102, Made in Japan, Akio Morita and Sony. That's his autobiography. It's fantastic.”

“Walt Disney, An American Original, and number 158.”

“That is number 215, The General and the Genius, Groves and Oppenheimer, The Unlikely Partnership that Built the Atom Bomb.”

“Number nine, I Invented the Modern Age, The Rise of Henry Ford.”

“Number 26, Henry Ford's Autobiography, My Life and Work.”