沃兹尼瓦克本来想将电脑
for the computer away for free,
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but Steve Jobs convinced him
但乔布斯游说他
they could sell the computer.
将电脑卖给别人
On April 1, 1976,
在1976年4月1日
the Apple Computer Company was formed.
苹果电脑公司正式成立
When Steve Jobs cofounded Apple,
乔布斯共同创立苹果电脑公司时
he didn't have any money.
他只是个穷光蛋
The famous story is that
当中最著名的故事
Steve Jobs sold hs Volkswagen bus
是乔布斯卖了他的大众巴士车
and Steve Vozniak sold his Hewlett Packard computer
而沃兹尼瓦克卖了他的惠普电脑
and they scraped together just a little money
来筹集很少的资金
and they really had to do it on a shoestring.
所以他们只可以勒紧裤头
Everyone thinks Apple
所有人都以为苹果电脑公司
was a garage start-up,
是在车库开始
that the parents gave him the garage.
由他父母给他的车库
It actually started in a bedroom
事实上,苹果电脑公司是由卧室开始
and it took over much of
之后还占据了他的小房子
the small house and the garage.
和车库的一大部分
Jobs was able to sell enough of the Apple I computers
乔布斯卖出的苹果第一代电脑
to keep the business going,
数量足够他们维持业务
and looked for investors.
还可以让他们积极物色投资者
Apple Computer's first major investor
苹果电脑的第一个主要投资者
and business partner was Mike Markkula.
和业务伙伴是马克库拉
So, from the early years of Apple,
在苹果电脑公司的发展初期
Steve Jobs was not in charge.
乔布斯并不是担当领导角色
There were experienced executives
因为那里有很多在大公司
who had worked at
例如英特尔等工作过
successful companies, like Intel,
具有丰富经验的行政人员
who were older,
他们的年纪也比较大
who were what we now call, in Silicon Valley,
就好像我们现在在矽谷
the adult supervision.
叫作资深主管那些人
