PIRATES OF THE SILICON VALLEY

A film on two GEEKS who strived hard to

win and REVELUTIONIZED the whole
WORLD




Review by :
Umar Amin Mir
MBA I- div-B (TEAM-20)
Why the name PIRATES
The word PIRATES is added to the title of the
movie because the ideas developed by JOBS
and GATES were actually the invention of their
unconsidered competitor XEROX as you
people might have noticed JOBS quoting
PICASSO a lot of times saying

GOOD ARTISTS COPY, GREAT ARTISTS STEAL




PLOT
The film is about Steve Jobs ( the co-
founder of Apple Inc.) and Bill Gates
(the co-founder of Microsoft).
This film historically traces the
development of these two computer
companies from the times these two
gentlemen are in college ( the early to
mid 1970`s) to approximately till the
time Steve Jobs was fired by John
Sculley, then CEO of Apple
Computers in 1985.
PERSONALITY TRAITS

STEVE JOBS ( Character played by Noah Wyle)
a visionary
- ability to elicit quality work in others
- expecting the best both from himself and his coworkers
- setting high standards and pushing his co- workers to perform to
their best, to take pride in their work
- his comment to John Sculley ( President Apple Inc.) about Selling
sugar and water or CHANGING THE WORLD is a clear example
of his expectations from others and of himself.
- In short a good leader but his passion for corporate supremacy
leading him to emerge as a poor manager of the human resources at
times shown by his clashes with the board of directors and
humiliating an aspiring APPLE Inc. employee.
BILL GATES ( Character played by Anthony Micheal
Hall
a manipulator
Living in his private world of
imagination.
success at any cost
- lie
- playing emotions
- steal
all this doesnt really matter to
him
Mastermind with the twisted look.
and the right move at the right time
Lessons from the movie
In order to be DIFFERENT from others
one should have a never-say-die-attitude
Defeat, even a big one , is NOT the end
of the road.
The set of leadership skills one should
have to be EXTRA- ordinary .
To be a succesful you can, YES YOU
CAN! Start from zero but all you need to
have is an INNOVATIVE MIND
,DETERMINATION and a never fading
PASSION!
And last but not the least



Everything is FAIR in a Corporate War.
-Umar Amin

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