Rare Steve Jobs Signed 1982 TIME Magazine “America’s Risk Takers”
“We started out to get a computer in the hands of everyday people, and we succeeded beyond our wildest dreams." Steve Jobs had a vision for the personal computer that sparked the PC revolution and ultimately made Apple an icon of American business. In 1975, 20-year-old Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak set up shop in Jobs' parents' garage, and began working on the prototype of the Apple I. To generate some startup capital, Jobs sold his Volkswagen microbus, and Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard calculator. After a redesign of the Apple I they introduced the Apple II in 1977, the first personal computer with color graphics and a keyboard. The Apple II revolutionized the the business of Computers and turned Apple into a powerhouse for the next few years. However In 1985, After slow sales, and disagreements with Apples’ Board, Steve was forced out of the company that he had started. After leaving Apple, he started another computer company(NeXT), that eventually failed, he also purchased a