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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Lawrence Levy
4.09 AVERAGE
126 reviews for:
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
Lawrence Levy
4.09 AVERAGE
Never thought that I would devour a business/autobiography book like I do with a fiction book, but here I am! Finished it in just two days.
I learned a LOT here, about business and strategy and how to manage them, about the complexities of IPO (which is a trending topic these days), about how to overcome challenges one by one.
I learned a LOT here, about business and strategy and how to manage them, about the complexities of IPO (which is a trending topic these days), about how to overcome challenges one by one.
A great journey showcasing businesses built on culture and principles can be critical to success
informative
Fascinating book about the transformation from Pixar being a tech company to an entertainment company. It's a great look into the world of tough business decisions to keep a company afloat, and the mysterious world of working with Steve Jobs. It's very insightful to see how Levy brought a lawyer's approach to a San Francisco tech company entering the entertainment industry. I could not put the book down and finished it faster than any book I'd read before.
The one thing I would say is that part 4 of the book can be skipped entirely and has no connection to the story at hand. While it's only 20 pages, it details Levy's philosophical endeavors and is just a stark difference from the business-centric book in the pages before.
The one thing I would say is that part 4 of the book can be skipped entirely and has no connection to the story at hand. While it's only 20 pages, it details Levy's philosophical endeavors and is just a stark difference from the business-centric book in the pages before.
Normally, I give 5-star ratings to books I’ll read again. But this one deserves the exception. Yes, it’s a business book. But it’s also about humanity. I found it fascinating as Levy takes you along as he’s learning about the process of making computer-generated animated movies at Pixar. The hurdles and creativity and ground-breaking inventions the people there had to come up with just to get Toy Story into theaters. Levy doesn’t fall into techspeak or industry terms, instead talking about the people there and his own family. This was a very inspiring read.
Brilliant read! This book just pulls you in. You become invested and you want to see them succeed. After putting it down, it suddenly makes you want to do something and make a difference. Great book. Must read.
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This was fascinating. Both because I've always been enamored with the idea and culture around Pixar, but also because it was particularly humanizing of Steve Jobs which isn't a view we've seen a lot of. Levy strikes me as an exceptionally positive and decent human. Obviously this is his own story, so he may have angled it that way intentionally, but it's a story told with a good deal of humility. It does leave you wishing that more people with good business sense were respecting enough of creators to fight for them in big arenas like this.
I'm a big fan of Pixar movies and found it interesting to learn about all the work, other than the animation, that went on to help make Pixar a successful business. This book is an easy-to-read story about Pixar's path from the point of view of its chief financial officer/lawyer. The last couple chapters pulled the overall story together well.