To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (775 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1328745619 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Levy is a rare humanist in the world of finance and technology. Lawrence Levy turns it into a charming, upbeat tale – much like one of Pixar’s animated features.” –Financial Times "A natural storyteller, Levy offers an inside look at the business and a fresh, sympathetic view of Jobs.". Levy’s writing and the success of his management at Pixar are both grounded in the same personal quality that is evident from the earliest pages of To Pixar and Beyond: humility.”—New York Times “A lovely and surprising discourse on topics business books rarely touch. In describing the pre-I
“Lovely and surprising This delightful book is about finance, creative genius, workplace harmony, and luck.”—Fortune ”Enchanting,”—New York Times “I love this book! I think it is brilliant.”—Ed Catmull, cofounder and president of Pixar Animation, president of Disney Animation, and coauthor of the bestseller Creativity Inc.The revelatory saga of Pixar’s rocky start and improbable success After Steve Jobs was dismissed from Apple in the early 1990s, he turned his attention to a littleknown graphics company he owned called Pixar. One day, out of the blue, Jobs called Lawrence Levy, a Harvardtrained lawyer and executive to whom he had never spoken before. It’s also incredibly inspirational, a story about a team that took big risks and reaped the rewards I loved this book and could not put it dow
Glen D. Allport said A business thriller with heart. Well written, full of humanity, and hard to put down, To Pixar and Beyond is an engaging read. I was surprised at the number of obstacles Levy and Pixar needed to overcome on the way to success. This one immediately shouldered aside the five or six other books I had open in my Kindle app; highly recommended, and not just fo. An engrossing look into the turn-around of a beloved animation studio, from the former CFO's point-of-view "To Pixar and Beyond," a parody of the famous line "To infinity and beyond" from Pixar's "Toy Story," is an engrossing look into the years in which Pixar grew from a struggling TV commercial and technology company (specifically the Academy Award-winning Renderman software) to a computer animation company worth over $1.5 bil. "A very fun, readable, educational, and enlightning book." according to Camp Runamok. Lawrence Levy is to blame for my lack of sleep last week. This book was for me a real page turner, as Levy narrates his move to Pixar, and his involvement with Steve Jobs and the folks at Pixar to make the leap from a long struggling startup to a mega force in the entertainment world - a company that would change the world.