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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address, Stanford, 2008-03-07. His address to Stanford graduates on 12 June 2005. Three stories about connecting the dots and about love and loss and death.
Jobs, Gates on Their Contributions to Technology, The Wall Street Journal, 2009-01-23. A rare joint appearance with Bill Gates at D: All Things Digital in May 2007. Each says what the other has given the industry.
Steve Jobs Secrets of Life, Silicon Valley Historical Association, 2011-10-06. From an unscripted 1994 film interview with the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association. Life is shaped by people no smarter than you and you can change it.
Steve Jobs in 1985: Apple Employees Have 'Common Vision' on Changing the World, PBS NewsHour, 2011-10-06. A MacNeil-Lehrer NewsHour report from 5 April 1985 on Apple with Jobs as chairman. Weeks later he was stripped of his operating role.
Steve Jobs' first TV interview, CNN, 2011-10-06. A young and visibly nervous Jobs before his first television interview with the station KGO. Carried by CNN after his death.
Steve Jobs 10/30/1996 | Charlie Rose, Charlie Rose, 2011-10-07. A short excerpt from his October 1996 appearance on Charlie Rose talking about Pixar films.
Steve Jobs on Failure, Silicon Valley Historical Association, 2011-10-31. From the same 1994 interview. Why most people never ask for help and why you must be willing to fail.
CHM Revolutionaries: Steve Jobs The Authorized Biography with Author Walter Isaacson, Computer History Museum, 2011-12-20. Walter Isaacson on his authorised biography at the Computer History Museum in December 2011. He drew on more than 40 interviews with Jobs.
NBC's First Interview with Steve Jobs - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com, NBCUniversal Archives, 2014-06-06. NBC's first interview with him from the Apple IIe era. He talks about the market for personal computers and office systems.
OLD NEWS: Steve Jobs Talks About Starting Company in Silicon Valley, ABC News, 2015-02-24. A 26-year-old Jobs speaks to ABC News in 1981 about starting a company in Silicon Valley.
Steve Jobs’s Best Interviews, On with Kara Swisher, 2016-10-05. Highlights from his on-stage interviews with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the D: All Things Digital conferences from 2003 to 2010.
Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh, Computer History Museum, 2016-11-02. The Macintosh premiere at the Boston Computer Society on 30 January 1984. A panel of the Mac team follows his demonstration.
Steve Jobs President & CEO, NeXT Computer Corp and Apple. MIT Sloan Distinguished Speaker Series, MIT Video Productions, 2017-12-19. A wide-ranging talk to MIT Sloan students in spring 1992 while running NeXT. Management and quality and what he learnt at Apple.
From the 60 Minutes Archive: Steve Jobs, 60 Minutes, 2021-04-02. The October 2011 60 Minutes profile that aired weeks after his death. Built on Walter Isaacson's interviews and tapes.
Celebrating Steve | October 5 | Apple, Apple, 2021-10-06. Apple's short film marking ten years since his death. It is told largely in his own voice.
Steve Jobs: The Fresh Air Interview (1996), Fresh Air, 2023-04-21. Terry Gross interviews him in 1996 while he ran NeXT and Pixar. The Macintosh and the web and the future of computing.
KPIX Archive: Steve Jobs unveils the NeXT computer in S.F. | KPIX, CBS NEWS BAY AREA, 2023-12-21. KPIX reporter Hank Plante interviews him at the launch of the NeXT workstation in San Francisco on 12 October 1988.
Steve Jobs responds to question about artificial intelligence, IDCA, 1983, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-06. While demonstrating the Lisa at Aspen in June 1983 he compares the computer with the human brain.
“Pursue different paths,” Steve Jobs oral history interview for the Smithsonian, 1995, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-06. From his 1995 Smithsonian oral history. He rejects the idea that engineering and art are opposites.
"Make something wonderful and put it out there," Steve Jobs, Apple internal meeting, 2007, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-06. At an Apple staff meeting soon after the 2007 iPhone launch. Asked how Apple keeps its culture as it grows he answers with great products.
“Make a lot of mistakes,” Steve Jobs interview with Michael Moritz, 1984, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-07. Speaking to reporter Michael Moritz in 1984. His taste is no better than anyone's he says but he is more stubborn about excellence.
“Push the human race forward,” Steve Jobs voiceover for “Think Different” ad, 1997, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-07. His own reading of the 1997 Think Different advertisement. Apple aired the version voiced by Richard Dreyfuss instead.
A 28-year-old Steve Jobs gives a talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-03-17. His full hour at the International Design Conference in Aspen in June 1983. He predicts portable networked computers and urges designers to shape them.
Pixar's Early Days - A Never-Before-Seen Interview With Steve Jobs, 1996, Steve Jobs Archive, 2025-11-17. An unseen interview from 22 November 1996 one year after Toy Story opened. Released by his archive for the film's 30th anniversary.
Steve Jobs on being inspired by the Beatles | 60 Minutes Archive, 60 Minutes, 2026-04-01. From a 2003 60 Minutes interview. His model for business is the Beatles because great things are done by teams.
Building NeXT from the Ground Up - Steve Jobs on Vision and Survival, 1986, Steve Jobs Archive, 2026-05-21. From the 1986 PBS documentary Entrepreneurs filmed when NeXT was 90 days old. Jobs and his team set its mission and culture.

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