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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟓. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬. The company he built. The dream he gave his life to. 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐞. He walks out, humiliated. Alone. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬. Most people would break. 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬? 𝐇𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞. With nothing but 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟, he takes two wild bets: 𝐍𝐞𝐗𝐓 – A futuristic computer company. 𝐏𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐫 – A struggling animation studio. Both are 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝. Every month, he 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 just to keep them alive. Investors bail. Friends tell him to stop. His fortune is 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝟏𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. Then—everything flips. 1995. 𝐏𝐢𝐱𝐚𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐲 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. The first fully computer-animated movie in history. 𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐭. Pixar’s IPO? 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐬. Jobs goes from near-broke to 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. At the same time, 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠. Their computers are outdated. The company is bleeding money. They need an operating system to survive. And the best one? 𝐍𝐞𝐗𝐓—𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞” 𝐉𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐥𝐞. 1997. 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐗𝐓. The man they fired returns—not as an employee, but as a 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐫. Then comes 𝐢𝐌𝐚𝐜. 𝐢𝐏𝐨𝐝. 𝐢𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐢𝐏𝐚𝐝. Apple rises from near bankruptcy to a 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞. And Jobs? He rewrites history. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻? 1. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐩. – Jobs needed those 10 years to become the leader who could build the new Apple. 2. 𝐁𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮. – When nobody believed, he doubled down. 3. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞. – He endured a decade of failure before the breakthrough came. 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐮𝐩. That’s why Amjad Masad(Replit CEO) calls it: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲. I hope you've enjoyed this. Follow Vishu Bheda for more such amazing stories!