things you didnt know about steve jobs

It seems almost unthinkable but before Steve Jobs was conquering the world with his iPods he was out on the street telling people iBroke. Luckily for him he had some good friends so after dropping out of college they let him do some couch surfing.

This court case didnt die easily. For years Steve and Apple Inc went up against the Beatles and Apple Corp over the issue of their trademarks.Were still not sure whether meeting one of your favorite bands in court is really cool or sort of bummer. At least if you cant get a signature you can maybe keep one of the signed legal documents.

Its hard for people who didnt grow up in it to understand, but Beatlemania was probably something similar to Biebermania multiplied by five. To give you an idea of the profound effect the Beatles had on young Steve Jobs he actually named the company he is now famous for after their record label, which landed him in a

According to a friend from Reed College Steve had a brief fling with the folk singer back in his hippie prime. Unfortunately though, she left him for his favorite musician

For a guy that went to India and came back a Buddhist its really not that much of a stretch. As Jeff Goodell once said about Steve back when met him at Apple, I had no idea that this guy would turn out to be one of the greatest visionaries of our time. To me, he just seemed like a lost hippie kid. Of course, his hippie roots led to several other things including the time he

I know what youre thinking. He didnt give to charity so he must have hoarded it all. Not Steve. Since 1998 he has received 1 dollar every year from Apple.

Or so they say. As Apples CEO he cut back on all of their philanthropic programs saying they would wait until [they] are profitable. Although they never restarted their programs Steve never actually made his views on charity clear and it is certainly indisputable that he made an impact on the world.

Steve liked to keep his private life private which might explain why he was married to Laurene in Yosemite national park. She was an MBA graduate of Stanford and was appointed by President Obama to be a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions due to her active involvement in the nonprofit community. This is actually quite strange considering that Steve

Well, sort of. While on his journey through the Indian Subcontinent he was influenced heavily by the religion even to the point of having his marriage presided over byKobun Chino, a Buddhist monk. And now seems like a good time to introduce his wife

In the summer of 1974 he traveled to India with his roommate to visit Neem Karoli Baba, a Hindu guru. Upon arrival though, they discovered that the guru had past away earlier that year. Steve ended up traveling the country for seven months, after which he returned to the States with a shaved head and traditional Indian clothes.