Pirates Of Silicon Valley

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

I am really excited when our teacher said that we will have a film showing. But, I was wondering if what is the story about the movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley. As I watched the movie I really didn’t thought that it was about the creation of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates about innovative tools which is truly a big help in this present time. Before I will answer the question above let me first introduce Steve Jobs.

It’s really my honor to watch the movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley because it’s an accolade for the two premiere world magnates of innovation and portraying their lives. In the movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley, Steve Jobs was one of the main characters. Anyway, who is Steve Jobs? According to Wikipedia “Steven Paul "Steve" Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American businessman, designer and inventor. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields.”  I really admire Steve Jobs in his dedication to reach his goals to change the world. Imagine, from Lisa to Apple I to MacIntosh to iPod and iPads. Steve Jobs really gave a big contribution in our time. The movie is inspiring and enlightening us in some way. Steve Jobs cannot achieve everything without many factors that contributed to his success and failure as a technopreneur. Well, for me these are the factors of his phenomenal achievement.

• Determination: Even though there were many competitors in his time he didn’t take it as a hindrance to his success. Hence, he took it as a challenge. He trance and dream of fabricating a new innovation which was his vision. He is really a good example of Rugs-to-richest because he didn’t stop his vision in a small garage and I believe that if you have a determination to what you are doing, no doubt, you will be successful in your chosen field.
• Good Communication Skills: In introducing a product one of the vital characteristics of a successful technopreneur is to be good communication skills in which Steve Jobs really good at.  He was very charismatic and persuasive to his client that every word that he would say is true and good in presenting and marketing their products.
• Knowledgeable: A good technopreneur should be conversant in every detail that he is selling. Even though Steve Jobs didn’t finish his college degree he was still well-informed about innovation which is a good factor to be successful in life. If you are knowledgeable you will not be bamboozled if one of the employees is making a spurious production.
• Leader: To be a good technopreneur you should be a good leader not just to your members but also to yourself. Steve Jobs was leading himself to earn achievement and to achieve his goals in life. Like him, you should lead yourself first in a good way before you’ll lead others.
• Ambitious: Being ambitious is like you are very hungry to what you have achieved. You want to have more than what you already have. This is one of the spices that a good technopreneur should have because by being ambitious you will explore more things that will help you become successful.
• Passionate: Every individual has a preferred field. If you really love what you are doing you will truly do extremely well in it. Because by loving what you are doing you will explore more things and by exploring you will be able to learn new stuffs that will make you successful someday.

Before Steve Job’s achieve his success, he faced failure. By facing this he was able to strive hard and change his mistakes. He didn’t stop believing. In the movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley, I’ve seen some factors that contributed to Steve Job’s failure as a technopreneur:

• Selfish: Selfishness is not good. Steve Jobs doesn’t want to share his knowledge because he thinks that if he will share it someone will make his inventions better which is not good. He was only concerned to satisfy his own desire even though he will hurt other people.
• Close-minded: Steve Jobs was a close-minded man he doesn’t want to listen to other people. If he already decided something, no one could ever change it. He was stubborn. He thinks that he was perfect that he don’t need anyone to give him advices. There’s a time when his business partner and his close friend Steve Wozniak gave him some advices and suggestions that he is taking the wrong path he didn’t listen because of his selfishness.
• Harsh: Steve Jobs was perfectionist that he will say something even though it will hurt his employees. He didn’t respect his employees because of his tactlessness and rudeness which is not good.

To be a good entrepreneur you will experience ups and downs. These factors mentioned above are the ingredients to become a successful technopreneur like what Steve Jobs achieved. If we face downfall, we should not stop reaching our dreams. We are just human and we commit mistakes. Let us take it as a challenge to work hard and to believe that we can do all things as long as we will focus and to be passionate and determined to reach it. Making mistakes is an opportunity to take a new path to guide us to a more victorious career. The movie Pirates of the Silicon Valley is very informative and inspiring I recommend this movie to everyone especially to an I.T inclined person. Two thumbs up!

2. How do you see yourself as a technopreneur?

Nowadays, people will do anything just to achieve their goals in life.  Some of them will go to other countries just to earn money for them to sustain their needs in their daily living. Others will study hard so that they will use their knowledge for them to be successful and some will build a business and make it a productive one. I enrolled myself to Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) because it is something new and it is interesting. I also desired to learn new innovative tools, to explore more about information technology so that I will be aware of the new things invented by brilliant minds, to have a degree and to make my parents proud and to be successful in life as well.

 Being a technopreneur is not that easy. I think technopreneur is the summation of technology and entrepreneur. You have to be well inclined to that said field to be successful and to earn lots of money. Technopreneur is like an entrepreneur, you will have lucid objectives and apparent line of track that will make your products accurately shaped and disseminated. However, the only difference is that technopreneur is like delivering or persuading consumers to buy the new innovative tools or technology that will make our lives easy and for us to learn and explore more things exists.  Well, in my case, I believe that I have some understanding about technology because this is part of my course and I am exposed on some high technology stuffs and I am also learning on how the technology works but being a technopreneur?  Oh well. Honestly speaking, I didn’t picture myself to be an entrepreneur because I am not gifted with a business minded power. I am already contented of what I have now. I know nothing is impossible with God but if you are not really interested and if you do not have the passion in what you are doing you will not be successful in life. Yes, you have achieved your goals but the question is “Are you totally happy?” I don’t think so, because you would not be totally happy if you achieve your goals without loving in what you are doing. But nothing is constant, everything will change. I do not know. God only knows what will be the path that I will be taking. Now, I am still young to be a business woman. I have to experience lot of things that will make me a better person someday and will mold my future life. I should focus to my studies first before stepping to the other level. Maybe in the future I will be a technopreneur. It is possible because soon I will graduate (think positive) and by that time I am already knowledgeable about technologies. Now, in the world of internet, you will be able to earn money without a capital. You will just make a blog, article and earn dollars. Also, you will just advertise establishments or products. You can also make some websites that earns a big amount of money. By doing such things I am already an entrepreneur. I have just realized that your sweat or saliva is worth it because you will earn big amount of money especially by making websites. How do I see myself as a technopreneur? Well, as what I have said earlier nothing is impossible and maybe in the future I will as long as I love what I am doing.

The movie “Pirates of the Silicon Valley” has taught me and proves that anyone can be successful in their chosen field or kind of business. I personally love basketball. I love to watch NBA (National Basketball Association) especially PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) I am an avid fan of Petron Blaze boosters and BMEG Llamados. Maybe in the future I will make a business about. Perhaps, I will make a website about basketball or doing other things related to technology that is about basketball. I also love to dress other people especially myself. I love to invent different kinds of dresses and to combine different clothes according to my satisfaction through my imaginative and creative mind that I truly believe that all of us have. By doing what I love, no doubt I will be successful in what I am doing. Oh well, I am too humble. Anyway, I can see myself as a fervent and determined technopreneur.  Furthermore, I am a kind of person that will do my best for me to reach my goals and finish my mission in life. I can also say that I am a helpful technopreneur because I will be able to give a job and will decrease the number of unemployed persons in the Philippines and in the world as well.

But there is a big problem, if I have money and I have seen different kinds of my favorite of foods. I will automatically buy it even though I am already full. I am not that kind of person that will sacrifice my hunger just to save money. If I will be a technopreneur someday I should learn how to save money because your sweat and saliva will be wasted if you will just buy thing even if you do not really want it which is not a good characteristic as a person. Well, this is me. But I believe that this is for my own good.

My friends said that the movie “Pirates of the Silicon Valley” is a boring movie. But for me, I am very honored and happy to watch this kind of extraordinary movie because I have learned some things about the great magnate in the field of technology innovation Steve Jobs and Bill Gates and on how they achieved their successful life. Not just that, I also recommend this movie to all especially for those who are IT inclined and aspiring Steve Jobs and Bill Gates in the whole world. Hats off to them!

3. Would you take the same career path that Steve Jobs took? Why or why not?

Yes! If I will be given a chance I will take the same career path as what Steve Jobs took. Nothing is impossible! And yes! All of us could take the same career but I believe that each and every one of us has different knowledge about everything and the question is “Do you have enough knowledge in that career?”  Being knowledgeable about the line of business that you will take is very important it is one of the vital ingredients to be successful someday. For me, I don’t think that I have that knowledge like what Steve Jobs have. He is very smart and I don’t think I can reach 50% of knowledge.  But I believe that in my own little way I will be able to reach my goals in life and to be successful in the career path that I will take.

I believe all of us want to be like Steve Jobs because of the success that he remarkably achieved and he is truly a phenomenal. He is one of the most successful technopreneur in the world together with Bill Gates. It is just that Steve Jobs life was obviously outstanding in his field.  All of us have different career in life and it is up to us if we will be successful to the field that we’ve chosen.  Life is like a roller coaster ride. Sometimes, we will experience ups and down. But in the end, there is a feeling of relief that we were able to face all the success and downfall that we have encountered. If you are in the lowest point of your life, don’t worry because that is one of the spices of life that will mold you as a person to be successful.

If I will compare my personality to Steve Jobs, it is very different. He is very ambitious that he wants to be more than what IBM achieved which is good and he really achieved his goal. But being ambitious takes risks. For me I am the kind of person who is afraid of taking risks but like Steve Jobs, I have the determination and the passion to do the things that I love.

To run a business about technology or to be a techopreneur is not an easy task. But to be a successful technopreneur is something that everyone wants to achieve. Imagine, you will be able to earn lots of money and it is something that is extremely achieved and will give honor to you. To create and make your business big and productive is not as easy as eating peanuts. If you are not really rich, you will surely start from scratch. Steve Jobs starts his business in a small garage and because of his determination he was able to make a large and famous company named Apple Inc. together with his friends and business partners. Steve Jobs life is truly a good example of rugs-to-riches. You should have to be determined, knowledgeable, an effective communicator or having a good communication skills, perfectionist and passionate in everything that you are doing. By having those factors, no doubt, you will be successful in life but most important ingredient or the main element is to trust yourself and trust that with God nothing is impossible. Sometimes we should also be a good leader and to be a good leader sometimes you have to be strict so that your members will take their works seriously. As I was watching the movie, Steve Jobs was very aggressive sometimes he will say some things not knowing that he could hurt the feelings his employees. There is a time when there is someone who wants to work in his company then he didn’t show proper etiquette as a boss and ask questions which are not related to his work and say some hurtful words. He is kinda over true to himself and he is very rude. As a person, there is always a limitation in everything that we are doing. Like what doctors say “too much sweet is not good to your health” Steve Jobs didn’t listen to his friend and also his business partner Steve Wozniak. Steve Wozniak can’t take what Steve Jobs was doing. So he decided to leave him. That time Steve Jobs was so depressed because he just lost one of his friend and his business partner. But I am happy because in the end he already accepted that he really made a mistake and as a human it is just normal. What matters is that you accepted your mistakes and will not do it again.

Knowing myself, I don’t think that I can do those things to my employees. If I will be given a chance to have a business, I want it to be simple as long as I am not losing my profit. Maybe sometimes I can say that I am rude but I cannot do the same way as what Steve Jobs have done. I believe that every business man aims to surpass their opponents which are good because it is a healthy completion as long as you are doing right. Go! I believe that to create a friendly and happy atmosphere inside the company’s workplace is a nice feeling. You’ll have fun while learning which is great.

Talking about the personal life of Steve Jobs, I don’t think that I will follow him. Because of his determination to be the best among the rest he forgot his family. Although he achieved many achievements I think it is useless, very useless. That time when he denied his daughter is very terrible. Every child is blessing and you will deny it? Oh common!

To be like Steve Jobs or taking the career path that he took doesn’t mean that I will copy his success and obviously will never copy his success. Steve Jobs is Steve Jobs. Although I want to take the same path as his, what matters is that how your business contributes to the progress of the society and in what way you are doing to achieve your goals. All of us have different story book and God only knows everything.