Mexico girl dubbed ‘the next Steve Jobs’
Mexico City – Mexico has found a new heroine: A 12-year-old math whiz from a state plagued by drug violence who was dubbed “The Next Steve Jobs” by a US magazine. The youngest of eight children from a modest family, Paloma Noyola was thrown under the media spotlight since Wired magazine featured the black-haired girl […]
Lessons from Steve Jobs on making a excellent pitch in your Presentation
Today I learnt via the TED Blog about a great column on Steve Jobs’ presentation skills. The basics of it include the following factors: Go directly to the Business Week column here. And you can watch the speech directly from this link on Apple’s website. I watched the first 10 to 15 minutes of this […]
Apple iPhone finally unveiled
Steve Jobs has done it again. Stealing the thunder from Microsoft’s Bill Gates, who was the keynote speaker at the CES Conference in Las Vegas. As it happens, my mentor, Arthur Goldstuck, is currently at CES but likely on his way back. Anyway, you can read here about how Apple does it. To get a […]
Steve Jobs speech: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish
I still remember the first time I watched Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement speech. He was not a polished motivational speaker. He was vulnerable, raw, and deeply human. Yet his words cut through all the noise: Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. For me, sitting in South Africa in 2005, this message feels more urgent than ever. We […]