| To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History Contributor(s): Levy, Lawrence (Author) |
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ISBN: 1328745619 ISBN-13: 9781328745613 Publisher: Harper Business OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Business - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Entertainment |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: "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 little-known graphics company he owned called Pixar. One day, out of the blue, Jobs called Lawrence Levy, a Harvard-trained lawyer and executive to whom he had never spoken before. He hoped to persuade Levy to help him pull Pixar back from the brink of failure. This is the extraordinary story of what happened next: how Jobs and Levy concocted and pulled off a highly improbable plan that transformed Pixar into one of Hollywood's greatest success stories. Levy offers a masterful, firsthand account of how Pixar rose from humble beginnings, what it was like to work so closely with Jobs, and how Pixar's story offers profound lessons that can apply to many aspects of our lives. "Part business book and part thriller--a tale that's every bit as compelling as the ones Pixar tells in its blockbuster movies. 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 down."--Dan Lyons, best-selling author of Disrupted "A natural storyteller, Levy offers an inside look at the business and a fresh, sympathetic view of Jobs."--Success Magazine An Amazon Best Book of 2016 in Business & Leadership - A top pick on Fortune's Favorite Booksof 2016 - A 2017 Axiom Business Book Award winner in Memoir/Biography |
Contributor Bio(s): Levy, Lawrence: - LAWRENCE LEVY is a former Silicon Valley attorney and business executive who was personally recruited by Steve Jobs in 1994 as CFO and member of the Office of the President of Pixar Animation Studios. Levy was responsible for Pixar's business strategy and IPO and guided Pixar's transformation from a money-losing graphics company into a multibillion-dollar entertainment studio. He later joined Pixar's board of directors. Levy left corporate life to study Eastern philosophy and meditation and their relevance to modern life. He now writes and teaches on this topic and cofounded Juniper Foundation to pursue this work. Originally from London, Levy earned degrees from Indiana University and Harvard Law School. He lives with his wife, Hillary, in Palo Alto, California. |