Name:                            New Dorp High School
Date:                            Personal Financial Management

Jobs One Last Thing Worksheet


QUESTIONS:

1.   What did Steve Jobs, “Woz”, and Bill Fernandez have in common when they were in  elementary school?
 > An interest in technology
2.   What did Bill Fernandez say would have been different if Woz and Jobs had never met?
 >Less color graphics, slots for future expansion, and other impressive features
3.   What was the first venture that Apple (Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak) created?
>Blue Box, a device that replicated the tones used by telephone companies and allowed users to make long distance calls for free
4.   Why did the Apple I attract attention at the Homebrew Computer Club?
 >  It had 4k and a programming language built in
5.   Why did Jobs and Woz need each other to make Apple work?
 > Steve jobs marketed the computers and Woz designed them well  so they worked as a team.
6.   What did Ronald Wayne contribute to Apple?
 >Was a business partner and left losing money.
7.   What were computers like when Apple was first Launched?
 > Terminal based, command line computers
8.   How was the Apple II computer different from other computers at the time?
> It was fancier compared to other ones and looked good

9.   How did a calligraphy class that Jobs took affect the Apple products?
 > It made apple products unique compared to microsoft computers
10. What did Les Kay, the Zen master, say was Jobs’ genius?
 > It was simplistic
11. What were the inspirations for the first mouse?
>Deodorant and a box with one button
12. What was the relationship between Bill Gates and Jobs?
> They were partners at first, bill gates was inspired by Jobs
13. What effect did being worth $100 Million at 23 years old have on Jobs?
> He was full of himself and ambitious
14. How did Jobs relationship with Apple change in 1985, under the direction of John Scully at Apple?
> Jobs was demoted, Scully betrayed Jobs.
15. What company did Jobs start after leaving Apple?
> neXT
16. What market did NeXT go after?
> Education since apple had success in that.
17. How did Ross Perot help NeXT?
>Invested 20 million dollars.
18. How did Jobs come to own Pixar?
> He invested 5 million dollars in PIxar and kept investing
19. What was “Steve’s genius” according to Alvy Ray Smith of Pixar?
> To move when he has a good idea
20. When Jobs returned to Apple, what was the condition of the company?
> Almost dead, almost bankrupt

21. What two actions did Bill Gates take that saved Apple?
> An investment of 150 million dollars, he promised to keep producing microsoft office for mac for 5 years
22. What product did Apple create after Jobs’ return to Apple?
> A Personal Computer
23. What is described as the “key to the success of the company” once Jobs returned to  Apple?
> Took big risks and acted intuitive
24. What product is described as “What built the Apple of Today?
> iPod
25. According to Sir Richard Branson, what killed off the music stores?
> iTunes
26. When did Steve Jobs die?
> 2011
27. How do you think Steve Jobs will be remembered?
> Changing the computer industry