They needed to ship 50 boards in two months. Jobs and Woz were in way over their heads before they even started. Paul Terrell ran a small computer parts store in the Valley and agreed to retail the Apple I. Customer firstĪpple had its first customer before it was even a company. Also, these groups may contain some of your first customers. You can learn something new, and find co-founders who may want to partner with you to bring their idea to life. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, but have no marketable skills, go to your local DIY meeting or Makerspace. Back then, that idea sounded crazy, but this fringe group had the skill and knowledge to make it possible. You could label them as “geeks” but it’s more about having a single-minded determination and focus.įor example, Woz was a member of the Homebrew Computer Club, a fringe group of electrical hobbyists that believed in the social power of computers to connect and enable humanity. Not only was Jobs different, but he gravitated to others who were strange, others with obsessions. He dropped acid, cheated on his girlfriend, went to India, and sat-in on college courses without paying.
Find the oddballs with the crazy ideasįrom the very beginning of the movie, you can tell that Steve Jobs was a bit different. The film was very Hollywood, with plenty of inaccuracies, but still gave some important lessons about entrepreneurship and starting a company: 1. I’m not sure whether Woz agreed with the performance, but it definitely tugged at my heartstrings. Ashton Kutcher’s acting was spot-on, with an excellent appearance from Josh Gad as Woz, who acted as Jobs’ conscience for most of the movie. I went to see “Jobs” the other day with some friends and was thoroughly entertained.