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Chapter 3: Apple 1
- In which Apple Co. is founded on April 1st
- Jobs employs freakish powers of persuasion to get someone to lend him $20,000 to build computers
- Apple 1 gets made and even though everyone says it was made of koa wood… it’s walnut. Lmao “super rare, one of 15 in the world” sure, true, but how do we make it even more special? Koa wood!
— Aug 08, 2026 07:32PM
- In which Apple Co. is founded on April 1st
- Jobs employs freakish powers of persuasion to get someone to lend him $20,000 to build computers
- Apple 1 gets made and even though everyone says it was made of koa wood… it’s walnut. Lmao “super rare, one of 15 in the world” sure, true, but how do we make it even more special? Koa wood!
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So apparently there was a period where everyone at Apple was working 20 hours a day.
The only reason this is considered “reasonable” for startups is because it worked. But it didn’t work because of hard work and effort, it worked because they were generationally lucky in finding a niche in the market their genius could address, and *he* was a weirdo who *liked* impossible problems on inhuman deadlines.
— Aug 11, 2026 11:38PM
The only reason this is considered “reasonable” for startups is because it worked. But it didn’t work because of hard work and effort, it worked because they were generationally lucky in finding a niche in the market their genius could address, and *he* was a weirdo who *liked* impossible problems on inhuman deadlines.
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Woz: I have good ideas
Jobs: let’s do something with them
Woz: but who would buy them
Jobs: don’t worry buddy I gotchu
— Jul 31, 2026 08:44PM
Jobs: let’s do something with them
Woz: but who would buy them
Jobs: don’t worry buddy I gotchu