Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, died peacefully on Wednesday, according to a statement from family members. He was 56 years old.
Jobs has made a profound impact on technology and our everyday lives. He has paved the groundwork for the modern high-tech industry with his innovative products like the iPod, iPad, and iPhone.
It is a sad day, as the world remembers the end of a great innovator. President Barack Obama said in a statement that Jobs “exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity,” and “was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it,” he said.
For others, like Russel Simmons, Steve Jobs “was a prophet of that uniquely American genius, the Creative Entrepreneur” who left behind a valuable lesson we should all take away. Here’s his blog statement on GlobalGrind.com:
“Steve Jobs was a prophet of that uniquely American genius, the Creative Entrepreneur – something no one can copy, no one can outsource, no banker can hire – a visionary who created a movement that changed generations through painstaking tenacity – even after he was fired in 1985 from the company he founded for thinking too far forward.
He gambled everything, over and over, on his vision. We owe him not just our respect and our love, but also we need to take away the lesson: never give up, never compromise your dream, never forget how you can change the world in this incredible country. This is what hip-hop has always been about. Never giving up. I can give him no greater a tribute than quoting him to the GlobalGrind generation: “Your time on this earth is limited, don’t live someone else’s life, live by your vision.”
