I can hear the virtual voices screaming: “No, there is no way — he isn’t an engineer, he is an actor.” Yet in a way, so was Steve Jobs. At the start, Steve was a hippie who rarely bathed, cried a lot, and didn’t like shoes. If you compare that Steve Jobs to his on-stage persona, it’s clear that when he was pitching a product he was acting. The Steve Jobs you saw on stage was effectively a guy acting, so why couldn’t an actor who has those skills — and even did a credible job playing Jobs in a movie — be for Lenovo what Jobs was for Apple?
Rob, does the name Ronald Reagan ring a bell with you? And he didn't even believe in what he was selling us -- he just took an opportunity that was handed to him and leveraged it to the max. And our government and our economy still haven't recovered and perhaps never will. Whether or not Ashton Kutcher believes in what he's selling is beside the point. If he can fake believing in it, he's done his job. Or, to paraphrase Groucho Marx on the secret of success in Hollywood, "If you can fake sincerity, you've got it made."
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Could Ashton Kutcher Be the Next Steve Jobs?
Posted by: Rob Enderle December 2, 2013 05:00 AMI can hear the virtual voices screaming: “No, there is no way — he isn’t an engineer, he is an actor.” Yet in a way, so was Steve Jobs. At the start, Steve was a hippie who rarely bathed, cried a lot, and didn’t like shoes. If you compare that Steve Jobs to his on-stage persona, it’s clear that when he was pitching a product he was acting. The Steve Jobs you saw on stage was effectively a guy acting, so why couldn’t an actor who has those skills — and even did a credible job playing Jobs in a movie — be for Lenovo what Jobs was for Apple?