Dead Famous – Steve Jobs February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011 – Was an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Through Apple, he was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution^[9][10] and for his influential career in the computer and consumer electronics fields. Jobs also co-founded and served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Companyin 2006, when Disney acquired Pixar.

In the late 1970s, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak engineered one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC‘s mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Apple Lisa and, one year later, the Macintosh. By introducing the LaserWriter he enabled a revolution called desktop publishing.

After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs left Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm, which was spun off as Pixar. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. He served as CEO and 50.1% majority shareholder until Disney bought Pixar in 2006. Jobs received 7% of Disney shares, and joined the Board of Directors as the largest individual shareholder.By 1996, Apple had failed to deliver a new operating system, Copland. Gil Amelio turned to NeXT Computer, and the NeXTSTEP platform became the foundation for the Mac OS X. Jobs returned to Apple as an advisor, and took control of the company as an interim CEO. Jobs brought Apple from near bankruptcy to profitability by 1998.

As the new CEO of the company, Jobs oversaw the development of the iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and on the services side, the company’s Apple Retail Stores, iTunes Store and the App Store. The success of these products and services provided several years of stable financial returns, and propelled Apple to become the world’s most valuable publicly traded company in 2011. The reinvigoration of the company is regarded by many commentators as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history.

In 2003, Jobs was diagnosed with a pancreas neuroendocrine tumor. Though it was initially treated, he reported a hormone imbalance, underwent a liver transplant in 2009, and appeared progressively thinner as his health declined. On medical leave for most of 2011, Jobs resigned in August that year, and was elected Chairman of the Board. He died of respiratory arrest related to his metastatic tumor on October 5, 2011.

Jobs has received a number of honors and public recognition for his influence in the technology and music industries. He has widely been referred to as “legendary”, a “futurist” or simply “visionary”, and has been described as the “Father of the Digital Revolution”, a “master of innovation”, and a “design perfectionist”.

Interview With Tiffany Krumins Inventor Of AVA The Elephant

Interview done by Hope King

HK: Please introduce yourself?

TK: My name is Tiffany Krumins.

 

HK: How was it being on Sharktank?

TK: Shark Tank was exhilarating and terrifying all at once! Unlike many contestants, I didn’t have as much to lose.  I went in with a great idea and 5 clay elephants and walked out with a 50,000 investment and phenomenal partner!

 

HK: What did you go on Sharktank to pitch?

TK: I went on Shark Tank to pitch a brand new way to administer medicine to children, AVA the Elephant!  AVA takes the fear and anxiety out of medicine time!

 

HK: How did you come up with AVA The Elephant?

TK: While working with special needs children and childhood cancer patients, I saw an everyday struggle to give children medicine.  I recognized that it wasn’t the medicine itself, but the process.  I decided the dropper needed to be hidden completely and that medicine needed to have a friendly face and voice!  I created AVA from sponges and fabric at home and it worked like a charm!   I knew I had a hit on my hands when the little boy I cared for asked for it by name he needed to be restrained prior to AVA!

 

HK: How has AVA The Elephant done?

TK: Exceptionally well!  Parents find AVA to be a valuable tool, children LOVE her and want to play with her outside of medicine time!  (Which we of course don’t encourage)

 

HK: Tell us what AVA The Elephant is?

TK: AVA the Elephant is a talking children’s medicine dispenser shaped like an elephant.  AVA squirts the medicine from her adorable trunk!

 

HK: Do you plan any other animals in the line?

TK: We are working on a brand extension currently!

 

HK: What would you like to say in closing?

TK: Thank you for allowing us to spread the word about AVA!  She has become a huge hit in the U.S., Canada and Mexico and we hope to see the same response in Europe!