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“Stay hungry, stay foolish” – Steve Jobs’ address at Stanford

You’ll be seeing a lot of this video today – it’s Steve Jobs giving the Commencement Address at Stanford University in 2005.

Oct 6th 2011, 7:21 AM 1,937 Views 6 Comments

THE CHANCES ARE that you’ll be seeing a lot of this video today – not just because of the man featured in it, but because of the feelings it evokes nonetheless.

This is the late Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs, giving what is known as the ‘Commencement Address’ – offering a few words of advice to university graduates as they head out into the world.

“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life,” he began, before captivating the thousands in attendance by doing his best to bottle what exactly it is that made Apple – and, indeed, him – so great.

It will take 15 minutes of your time, but well worth watching.

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“Stay hungry, stay foolish” – Steve Jobs’ address at Stanford

You’ll be seeing a lot of this video today – it’s Steve Jobs giving the Commencement Address at Stanford University in 2005.