I think every entrepreneur looks up to the big guys for inspiration. Steve Jobs was defiantly one of my inspirations to strive for success. He will be greatly missed I think apple will continue to strive & Steve's dream will live on while we continue to use Apples products.
RIP Steve you will be missed but never forgotten!
February 24, 1955 ? October 5, 2011
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ?If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you?ll most certainly be right.? It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ?If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?? And whenever the answer has been ?No? for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I?ll be dead soon is the most important tool I?ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything ? all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure ? these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
– Steve Jobs
Even though Jobs earned only $1 a year as CEO of Apple, he held 5.426 million Apple shares, as well as 138 million shares in Disney (which he had received in exchange for Disney's acquisition of Pixar). Jobs quipped that the $1 per annum he was paid by Apple was based on attending one meeting for 50 cents while the other 50 cents was based on his performance. Forbes estimated his net wealth at $8.3 billion in 2010, making him the 42nd wealthiest American.
