Pixar: The Early Days A never-before-seen 1996 interview
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- Toy Story was the world’s first entirely computer-animated feature-length film, released in 1995.
- Pixar went public after Toy Story's success, with its stock price nearly doubling its initial offering.
- Toy Story was nominated for three Academy Awards and won a Special Achievement Oscar.
- Pixar shifted focus from TV commercials to feature films, growing its team by 70% in less than a year.
- Steve Jobs used Pixar's success to renegotiate its partnership with Disney.
- Steve Jobs revealed Pixar's long-term strategy and business model in a 1996 interview.
- Pixar's management approach focused on creating conditions for talent to thrive, influencing Jobs' later role at Apple.