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To Pixar and Beyond: My Unlikely Journey with Steve Jobs to Make Entertainment History
, subject: Lawrence Levy's account of Pixar's business transformation under Steve Jobs, 2016
Pixar's own CFO tells the story of early Pixar as a way to understand how Steve Jobs approached building companies.
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About the book
Levy recounts joining a financially fragile Pixar as CFO, working with Steve Jobs to reshape its strategy and economics, and helping prepare the company for its public offering and Disney partnership.
Why read it
Best if you want to understand how Steve Jobs approached building companies through early Pixar, as told by its CFO.
Key themes
- Early Pixar as the case for Jobs
- An account from inside Pixar
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #235, #265
This record is supported by 7 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Steve Jobs (The Pixar Story) — David connects Levy's Pixar memoir with The Founders, covered on episode 233, through its account of Steve Jobs interviewing Levy's potential successor as Pixar CFO.
- Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader — David identifies Lawrence Levy as the Pixar CFO who wrote the book covered in an earlier podcast.