Steve Jobs Was Fired From The Company He Started. Once upon a time, there was a man named  Steve Jobs   who co-founded a company called   Apple Inc . in 1976. He was a visionary and a creative genius who revolutionized the technology industry with his innovative ideas and products. Under his leadership, Apple became one of the most successful companies in the world, with products like the Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad. However, in 1985, Steve Jobs was fired from the company he started. The reason behind his dismissal was a power struggle with the board of directors, who believed that Jobs was too difficult to work with and that his ideas were too risky for the company's future. Jobs was devastated by the news, and he felt like he had lost everything he had worked so hard to build. After leaving Apple, Jobs founded a new company called NeXT , which focused on creating high-end computers for the education and business markets. Although NeXT was not as successful as Apple, it al