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Some did: Sony: started in 1945 as an electronics repair shop. Built-in audience Microsoft: in 1975, MITS requested Bill Gates and Paul Allen sell their B
by byoung2 16y ago
Some did:
Sony: started in 1945 as an electronics repair shop. Built-in audience
Microsoft: in 1975, MITS requested Bill Gates and Paul Allen sell their BASIC interpreter for the Altair before it was even written
Amazon: started in 1994. Everyone buys books, they just needed people to do it online
Intel, Apple, and Google were much riskier. Google wanted to sell its search technology to giants like Yahoo, but Yahoo refused. Apple built products no one knew they needed, but now we can't live without (hackable PC). They continue this today (iPod, iPhone, iPad, etc.).
- infinite8s 16y agoAccording to Founders at Work, Steve Wozniak designed the original Apple I for fun (and as a challenge), and later when he showed it to Steve Jobs and other people at the Homebrew Computer Club they realized that lots of people (well, members of the computer club) wanted something similar.