| 商家名称 | 信用等级 | 购买信息 | 订购本书 |
 |
 |
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History |  |
 |
|
To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History | |
""To Pixar and Beyond" is a finely sketched insider s account of the hard-fought success of a pathbreaking company. Lawrence Levy goes surprisingly and refreshingly deep on the business details behind Pixar s creative achievements. He also shows an intimate side of Steve Jobs that will delight the mercurial businessman s many admirers." -- Adam Lashinsky, Assistant Managing Editor of "Fortune" Magazine and author" of Inside Apple." What a delightful book about the creation of Pixar from the inside. I learned more about Mr. Jobs, Pixar and business in Silicon Valley than I have in quite some time. And like a good Pixar film, it ll put a smile on your face. -- Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times" (7/4/2016) Lawrence Levy's "To Pixar and Beyond" is the gripping story of how, through hard work, vision, and a devotion to excellence, tiny Pixar transformed itself into a Hollywood powerhouse. But it s also something more: a wonderful buddy story -- between Levy and Steve Jobs --and how their friendship and partnership transformed them both. -- William D. Cohan, bestselling author of "House of Cards" and "Money and Power " I love this book! I think it is brilliant. Of course I am biased, but even so, I think people willlove this story -- one theydidn t even know existed. And Lawrence has told it beautifully. -- Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President Pixar Animation, President Disney Animation, bestselling author of "Creativity Inc." "
What a delightful book about the creation of Pixar from the inside. I learned more about Mr. Jobs, Pixar and business in Silicon Valley than I have in quite some time. And like a good Pixar film, it ll put a smile on your face. -- Andrew Ross Sorkin in "The New York Times" (7/4/2016) I love this book! I think it is brilliant. Of course I am biased, but even so, I think people willlove this story -- one theydidn t even know existed. And Lawrence has told it beautifully. -- Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President Pixar Animation, President Disney Animation, bestselling author of "Creativity Inc." Lawrence Levy's "To Pixar and Beyond" is the gripping story of how, through hard work, vision, and a devotion to excellence, tiny Pixar transformed itself into a Hollywood powerhouse. But it s also something more: a wonderful buddy story -- between Levy and Steve Jobs --and how their friendship and partnership transformed them both. -- William D. Cohan, bestselling author of "House of Cards" and "Money and Power " ""To Pixar and Beyond" is a finely sketched insider s account of the hard-fought success of a pathbreaking company. Lawrence Levy goes surprisingly and refreshingly deep on the business details behind Pixar s creative achievements. He also shows an intimate side of Steve Jobs that will delight the mercurial businessman s many admirers." -- Adam Lashinsky, Assistant Managing Editor of "Fortune" Magazine and author" of Inside Apple." "Lawrence Levy, a former top exec at Pixar, tells the inside story of how a struggling computer animation company became one of the greatest entertainment organizations of all time. "To Pixar and Beyond" is 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. This is a must-read book for anyone who cares about corporate culture and wants to learn how to build a business, as well as everyone who loves Woody, Buzz, and all of the other beloved Pixar characters. I loved this book and could not put it down." -- Dan Lyons, bestselling author of "Disrupted." "
Enchanting...What makes Mr. Levy s contribution so insightful is not that he plows old ground in greater depth but that he uses his personal story as vehicle to add a new dimension...Mr. Levy s ability to remain calm and clear-eyed in the face of singular personalities and business challenges translates into a crisp, even elegant, narrative...The power of Mr. Levy s writing and the success of his management at Pixar are both grounded in the same personal quality that is evident from the earliest pages of To Pixar and Beyond: humility.
New York Times
A lovely and surprising discourse on topics business books rarely touch. Levy is a rare humanist in the world of finance and technology. In describing the pre-IPO, pre-Toy StoryPixar, he captures the fragile and wonderful workplace dynamic anyone who loves their (difficult) job can appreciate...Reading how Levy played go-between is eye-opening and inspiring...This delightful book is about finance, creative genius, workplace harmony, and luck...That s a lot for one volume by a first-time author with a legal and financial background covering exceedingly well-trod material...Life obviously is about more than business, but few books discuss both so well.
Fortune
"[T]here is still an irresistible attraction to the story of Pixar, the little animation studio that could. Lawrence Levy turns it into a charming, upbeat tale much like one of Pixar s animated features. Financial Times
"A natural storyteller, Levy offers an inside look at the business and a fresh, sympathetic view of Jobs." Success Magazine
Levy has written a fascinating look at one of the most innovative companies of the early 21st century.
Publishers Weekly
"A detailed and fascinating peek behind the curtains at Pixar before it became one of the most successful film studios in history. --Cult of Mac
"Levy is an affable guide who writes with clarity...his account of the inner workings of the company, and the personalities that shaped it into what it has become, is an informative and engaging read."
Shelf Awareness
What a delightful book about the creation of Pixar from the inside. I learned more about Mr. Jobs, Pixar and business in Silicon Valley than I have in quite some time. And like a good Pixar film, it ll put a smile on your face.
Andrew Ross Sorkin in The New York Times
I love this book! I think it is brilliant. Of course I am biased, but even so, I think people willlove this story one theydidn t even know existed. And Lawrence has told it beautifully.
Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President Pixar Animation, President Disney Animation, bestselling author of Creativity Inc.
Lawrence Levy's To Pixar and Beyond is the gripping story of how, through hard work, vision, and a devotion to excellence, tiny Pixar transformed itself into a Hollywood powerhouse. But it s also something more: a wonderful buddy story between Levy and Steve Jobs --and how their friendship and partnership transformed them both.
William D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards and Money and Power
To Pixar and Beyond is a finely sketched insider s account of the hard-fought success of a pathbreaking company. Lawrence Levy goes surprisingly and refreshingly deep on the business details behind Pixar s creative achievements. He also shows an intimate side of Steve Jobs that will delight the mercurial businessman s many admirers.
Adam Lashinsky, Assistant Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine and author of Inside Apple
Lawrence Levy, a former top exec at Pixar, tells the inside story of how a struggling computer animation company became one of the greatest entertainment organizations of all time. To Pixar and Beyond is 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. This is a must-read book for anyone who cares about corporate culture and wants to learn how to build a business, as well as everyone who loves Woody, Buzz, and all of the other beloved Pixar characters. I loved this book and could not put it down.
Dan Lyons, bestselling author of Disrupted
"Levy s book offers a detailed and fascinating peek behind the curtains at Pixar before it became one of the most successful film studios in history The book paints an intimate, very human portrait of Jobs, one at odds with more facile accounts of his career. It s all very relatable."
Cult of Mac
"With rich clarity and detail, Levy recounts Pixar s humble beginnings and astronomical success...Even if the world of finances, business and stocks is alien to the reader, To Pixar and Beyondis a thoroughly engaging and fascinating read. This is attributed to Lawrence Levy s personable and warm tone. A deep sense of humility characterizes his reflections. This book is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to learn more about Pixar s history and the overlooked people responsible for its breakthrough success. Levy also makes a case for how necessary practicality is to a company like Pixar. Just as technology can be wedded to art, so too can business."
Pixar Planet"
"Enchanting...What makes Mr. Levy's contribution so insightful is not that he plows old ground in greater depth but that he uses his personal story as vehicle to add a new dimension...Mr. Levy's ability to remain calm and clear-eyed in the face of singular personalities and business challenges translates into a crisp, even elegant, narrative...The power of Mr. Levy's writing and the success of his management at Pixar are both grounded in the same personal quality that is evident from the earliest pages of To Pixar and Beyond: humility."
--New York Times
"A lovely and surprising discourse on topics business books rarely touch. Levy is a rare humanist in the world of finance and technology. In describing the pre-IPO, pre-Toy Story Pixar, he captures the fragile and wonderful workplace dynamic anyone who loves their (difficult) job can appreciate... Reading how Levy played go-between is eye-opening and inspiring... This delightful book is about finance, creative genius, workplace harmony, and luck... That's a lot for one volume by a first-time author with a legal and financial background covering exceedingly well-trod material... Life obviously is about more than business, but few books discuss both so well."
--Fortune
"Revealing and humanizing ...[A]n epic tale of Levy's quest to balance the competing interests of the quiet artists and technologists who created Toy Story and the mercurial entrepreneur who controlled their professional fates." -FortuneFavorite Books of 2016
"[T]here is still an irresistible attraction to the story of Pixar, the little animation studio that could. Lawrence Levy turns it into a charming, upbeat tale - much like one of Pixar's animated features." -Financial Times
"A natural storyteller, Levy offers an inside look at the business and a fresh, sympathetic view of Jobs."--Success Magazine
"Levy has written a fascinating look at one of the most innovative companies of the early 21st century."
--Publishers Weekly
"A detailed and fascinating peek behind the curtains at Pixar before it became one of the most successful film studios in history." --Cult of Mac
"Levy is an affable guide who writes with clarity... his account of the inner workings of the company, and the personalities that shaped it into what it has become, is an informative and engaging read."
--Shelf Awareness
"What a delightful book about the creation of Pixar from the inside. I learned more about Mr. Jobs, Pixar and business in Silicon Valley than I have in quite some time. And like a good Pixar film, it'll put a smile on your face."
--Andrew Ross Sorkin in The New York Times
"I love this book! I think it is brilliant. Of course I am biased, but even so, I think people will love this story--one they didn't even know existed. And Lawrence has told it beautifully."
--Ed Catmull, Co-Founder and President Pixar Animation, President Disney Animation, bestselling author of Creativity Inc.
"Lawrence Levy's To Pixar and Beyond is the gripping story of how, through hard work, vision, and a devotion to excellence, tiny Pixar transformed itself into a Hollywood powerhouse. But it's also something more: a wonderful buddy story--between Levy and Steve Jobs --and how their friendship and partnership transformed them both."
--William D. Cohan, bestselling author of House of Cards and Money and Power
"To Pixar and Beyond is a finely sketched insider's account of the hard-fought success of a pathbreaking company. Lawrence Levy goes surprisingly and refreshingly deep on the business details behind Pixar's creative achievements. He also shows an intimate side of Steve Jobs that will delight the mercurial businessman's many admirers."
--Adam Lashinsky, Assistant Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine and author of Inside Apple
"Lawrence Levy, a former top exec at Pixar, tells the inside story of how a struggling computer animation company became one of the greatest entertainment organizations of all time. To Pixar and Beyond is 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. This is a must-read book for anyone who cares about corporate culture and wants to learn how to build a business, as well as everyone who loves Woody, Buzz, and all of the other beloved Pixar characters. I loved this book and could not put it down."
--Dan Lyons, bestselling author of Disrupted
"Levy's book offers a detailed and fascinating peek behind the curtains at Pixar before it became one of the most successful film studios in history... The book paints an intimate, very human portrait of Jobs, one at odds with more facile accounts of his career. It's all very relatable."
--Cult of Mac
"With rich clarity and detail, Levy recounts Pixar's humble beginnings and astronomical success... Even if the world of finances, business and stocks is alien to the reader, To Pixar and Beyond is a thoroughly engaging and fascinating read. This is attributed to Lawrence Levy's personable and warm tone. A deep sense of humility characterizes his reflections. This book is an excellent resource for anyone who wishes to learn more about Pixar's history and the overlooked people responsible for its breakthrough success. Levy also makes a case for how necessary practicality is to a company like Pixar. Just as technology can be wedded to art, so too can business."
--Pixar Planet
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.
网友对To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History的评论
Well written, full of humanity, and hard to put down, To Pixar and Beyond is an engaging read. I was surprised at the number of obstacles Levy and Pixar needed to overcome on the way to success. This one immediately shouldered aside the five or six other books I had open in my Kindle app; highly recommended, and not just for those interested in business.
"To Pixar and Beyond," a parody of the famous line "To infinity and beyond" from Pixar's "Toy Story," is an engrossing look into the years in which Pixar grew from a struggling TV commercial and technology company (specifically the Academy Award-winning Renderman software) to a computer animation company worth over $1.5 billion (now worth many times that!). Lawrence Levy's book focuses on his years as CFO of Pixar and his and Steve Jobs' (as well as a slew of other legal personnel's) efforts to turn around the struggling Richmond Point-located company, from figuring out how much money would have to be reserved for each portion of the movie production process to steps toward Pixar's IPO (including finding an investment banker and determining Pixar's worth), as well as decisions regarding whether to have Pixar continue selling Renderman software and producing TV commercials. Levy's account of his years at Pixar and his interactions with the owner of Pixar, Steve Jobs, is truly telling of the faith Levy, Jobs, and others had in the relatively unknown California company who would soon revolutionize the computer animation field (a form of animation that had until then not been used in feature-length films), as well as the effort and commitment that was put forth to help out a company where the people were absolutely brimming with artistic talent and passion for their product.
Lawrence Levy has truly written a gem about his time @ Pixar and beyond. Having worked @ the Investment Bank that took Pixar public made reading Lawrence's account about it as CFO extra special. It was like I was there all over again.
Describing his personal accounts of working with Steve Jobs, the ups and downs and finally success for Pixar made this book an incredible page turner.. It truly is an inspirational book for me and my entire family.
What I really enjoyed was when Lawrence insisted that his team be included in the credits for Pixar films! THAT was indeed remarkable.
I felt sad when I finished it because I wanted it to keep going. Going for a walk after reading it helped! ;>)
Levy's book is a good story with a hand full of important business take-a-ways. His simplification of the strategic needs of Pixar relative to establishing its future are great lessons. Additionally, their negotiations with Disney are another good lesson in facing both your opponents/partners/fears. Some additional insight into Jobs during a challenging stage of Jobs life.
And, like a lot of business books there are a few solid, life long lessons.
喜欢To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey With Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History请与您的朋友分享,由于版权原因，读书人网不提供图书下载服务
