Steve Jobs' Most Important Power Moves While at NeXT

See how Jobs' solo business venture laid the influential groundwork for today's tech era.

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We’re all familiar with the dramatized backstory of Steve Jobs. The college dropout who went on to found one of the world’s biggest computer companies in Apple Inc., only to be fired by the machine he built and brought back a decade later to dominate the world. His life would become the stuff that legends are made of. But in reflecting on the tech visionary's acclaimed career, we must acknowledge some of the other landmark achievements he pulled off during his firing from Apple, that being his second start-up: NeXT. Despite limited commercial success, the company proved to be an instrumental figure for the computer industry thanks in part to the critical decisions made by Jobs. From unqiue business practices to revolutionary software, here's a look at Steve Jobs' Most Important Power Moves While at NeXT.

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Jobs Forms NeXT With Apple Players

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The NeXTcube Design

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NeXTstep

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Pixar's Beginning

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The $100,000 Company Blueprint

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Jobs Seduces Perot to Invest

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IBM Pursues NeXT Partnership

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Canon's Major Investment

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Licensing NeXTSTEP

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Jobs Sells NeXT to Apple and Returns

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