{"id":1046,"date":"2014-07-03T11:38:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T18:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2014-07-03T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T18:38:53","slug":"an-important-book-on-innovation-from-pixar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2014\/07\/03\/an-important-book-on-innovation-from-pixar\/","title":{"rendered":"An important book on innovation from Pixar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Incredible<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

GM and Philips nearly bought Pixar, but deal’s collapse allowed Steve Jobs to invest<\/a>
[Via AppleInsider<\/a><\/span>]<\/p>\n

Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull reveals in a new book that the now-legendary animation company was nearly sold to General Motors and Philips for its technology, but the deal fell through just before it could be signed.<\/p>\n

[More<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What happened at Pixar not only serves as an example of an innovative business but may also help explain one of the great transformations in recent history – Steve Jobs from his original Apple incarnation to his modern Apple incarnation.<\/em><\/p>\n

He gained much better understanding of what worked with creative solutions and how to positively destroy things in order to move on to new areas.<\/em><\/p>\n

Things would be so much different today if GM and Philips had gotten Pixar.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 GM and Philips nearly bought Pixar, but deal’s collapse allowed Steve Jobs to invest[Via AppleInsider] Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull reveals in a new book that the now-legendary animation company was nearly sold to General Motors and Philips for its technology, but the deal fell through just before it could be signed. [More] What happened … Continue reading An important book on innovation from Pixar<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-21st-century-company"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pe2yp-gS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":343,"url":"https:\/\/www.spreadingscience.com\/2008\/08\/25\/more-on-pixar\/","url_meta":{"origin":1046,"position":0},"title":"More on Pixar","date":"August 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"by pheezy The Pixar Principles. 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