Steve Jobs Free Enterprise Essay

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The free enterprise system has allowed not only wealthy individuals but poor individuals to start their own business, allowing their company to impact the economy. The free enterprise system allows and provides individuals the opportunity to make their own economic decisions without any constraints from the government, allowing the consumers to determine the success or failure of an economic endeavor. The free enterprise system has allowed Steve Jobs, to create a influential company as well as kickstart a mobile and PC revolution, “making Apple an icon of American Business”. During Jobs high school career he obtained a summer internship in Hewlett- Packard (HP) where he met Steve Wozniak, his future partner. After graduating high school, Steve Jobs enrolled in Reed College in which he dropped out of to get a part time job, creating video games in order to pay for a trip to India. After his arrival from India, Jobs met up with Wozniak who …show more content…

As the great entrepreneur, Jobs saw the opportunity to create something new and better and created the first personal computer with a mouse, called Macintosh. Macintosh was a success for easy use, but it was not a success when it came to marketing because the price was $2459, which was to much for a home computer, that he attempted to produce it as a business computer instead. After several disagreements with the board of Apple, Jobs decided to sell all his share of Apple and left in 1985. After leaving Apple, Jobs created NEXT computer company and created a computer that would revolutionize education as well as research. Yet, his price was to high for consumers, bringing in a low profit. However, at this time Jobs saw a better opportunity in his Pixar Animation Company which he had bought in 1986. During his time off from Apple, Jobs was able to help Walt Disney create the first computer animate feature film “Toy Story”, which was a great