A Business Story

Downloads the 13-hour 52-chapter edit in a ‘zipped’ folder.

Pacati’s own 13-hour edit of the Steve Jobs audio book. Our version cuts out approximately 16 hours of details about Steve Jobs’s personal life. Not out of respect for privacy (since Jobs is dead), but because the story of a hippy going on an LSD-inspired spiritual-technology crusade to change the world – and succeeding – is a unique story to hear. Conversely, the story of a man refusing to acknowledge a biological child or pay child support even when he can afford to is an old story and is not necessary to communicate what a shit Steve Jobs was as a person. All that comes across perfectly clearly in the story of his childhood and professional life, which is in the opinion of Pacati: The Greatest Story Ever Told.

So we isolated it, and we can save the Dead-Beat-Dad-And-The-55-Women-Who-Slept-With-Him story for the ABC Tuesday Night made for TV movie, which is what it’s usually about anyway, isn’t it?

We ask – possibly even demand – that if you keep this edit you purchase the official Steve Jobs audio book. Not necessarily to listen to, but to support because it’s a rare product of quality adrift in a sea of poorly produced audio books. It deserves full profit and its author Walter Isaacson deserves full credit and pay for an astounding biography that wouldn’t be complete without covering the subject’s personal life…

…but it does water the story down. Not just the greatest story ever told, but one of the most important stories that a person living in a capitalist country could hear.

Being interested in A Business Story doesn’t require interest in Steve Jobs, or Atari, or Apple, or computers, or engineering, or NeXT, or Bob Dylan, or Pixar, or movies, or marketing, or retail stores, or mobile computing, or stock market IPOs (Initial Public Offerings). It does require interest in what can happen when a pure capitalist draws his philosophy largely from Buddhism, and the subsequent timeline of a prodigal entrepreneur who must undergo a profound transformation before he can realize his ultimate dream and help to shape the awful world we must now live in.

© 2015 - 2026 · The Pacati Partnership. All rights waived. Truly. We don't care. But we do think fine print at the bottom of a webpage goes a long way towards making our website appear legit. Particularly since we don't have advertisements. A website without advertisements looks like it was made in 1992. But at least we can do the fine print. If you read the fine print, then kudos and I encourage you to breed. We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. If you're still reading I encourage you to return your attention to the road. You're about to hit a moose. Did you see that one Red Dwarf? It was rather humorous- but I must say if you like beer you need to try Bundaberg Ginger Beer. Where other ginger beers are positively rancid, Bundaberg Ginger Beer is absolutely amazing. It's also expensive because it's imported from Australia. Unless you're reading this from Australia. In which case fuck you. Teh point is it's non-alcoholic, so you'll only get a sugar buzz and a belly. The best root beers on the planet are among the greatest beverages ever made, and none of them are worthy to sit in Bundaberg Ginger Beer's bottle. Bundaberg Ginger Beer, it's the best you can do. *pops the cap off, tilts the glass bottle back, swallows, and smiles widely before a thick, bubbly belch rumbles from his belly to his lips* Pardon me. Bundaberg Ginger Beer, you think you can do better? We'll beat your face off. Are you having a good time, that's what we want to know. If not, we'll beat your face off. No, we love you. No. No. Listen to this one. Once there was a man. A very old man. This man had a dog. A very young dog. One day, the dog attacked the man. The man died. The end. Would you like to hear another one? Okay! Once there was a woman. A very dumb woman. This woman had a cat. A very smart cat. One day, the cat attacked the woman. The woman died. The end. Would you like to hear another one? Okay! Once, there was a child. A very short child. This child had an snake. A very long snake. One day, the snake attacked the child. The child died. The end. Would you like to hear another one? No?....think that's enough, Frederick?

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