Striking It Rich: A new breed of risk takers bets on the high-tech future (1982)

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thomassmith65 · 17h ago

  Steven Jobs, 26, the co-founder of five-year-old Apple Computer, practically singlehanded created the personal computer industry.

Well, there was the small detail of Woz inventing and designing the products!

JohnFen · 14h ago

Indeed so. But Jobs was a master of self-promotion and the Woz wasn't. And let's not forget poor old Ronald Wayne, who was also one of the three Apple founders but rarely even gets a mention.

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Striking It Rich: A new breed of risk takers bets on the high-tech future (1982)

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