Fournos Lab - Manthos Santorineos

Η αρχή της σύγχρονης ιστορίας μας… όταν δημιουργούνται οι «οικιακοί υπολογιστές» όπως ειπώθηκαν και μετά οι «Προσωπικοί υπολογιστές». Σήμερα θα βιώσουμε το μεταίχμιο… και όχι το τέλος… Όταν καθησυχάσει ο παροξυσμός και τοποθετηθούν οι "φωνές" σε μια πιο σοβαρή ροή, (αυτές που έχουν κάτι ενδιαφέρον να πούνε) θα φανούν πιο καθαρά τα φαινόμενα και οι δυνατότητες μικρής συμμετοχής…

In 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak financed their first venture by selling personal items: Jobs sold his Volkswagen van, and Wozniak sold his HP-65 calculator for $500. This gave them the initial funds to produce the Apple I, a simple computer built on a single circuit board. Their operation began in Jobs's parents' garage, where they hand-assembled the first units.

A local computer shop called Byte Shop provided their breakthrough by ordering 50 fully-assembled Apple I units for $500 each. To meet the order, Jobs negotiated parts on credit, promising to pay suppliers once Byte Shop paid them—a bold move that worked out. The computer was sold to the public for $666.66, a price Wozniak chose for its repeating digits.

Apple’s success took off with the release of the Apple II, and by the time the company went public in 1980, its market value reached $1.8 billion. This rapid rise from a garage startup to a technology giant is still celebrated as one of the most remarkable entrepreneurial stories in history