LIM, MARYLN GRACE C.

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                Apple Computer is a very known company worldwide. This was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. The first product of Apple was Apple I. Apple I was the first computer built by Steve Wozniak for Apple. Back in his high school days, he always wanted to have a computer. Steve Wozniak doesn’t have money to buy a computer because it cost as much as a house. So in order to have a computer, he built his own computer using chips. Steve Wozniak was able to build his own computer. One good thing about Steve Wozniak is that he doesn’t have any money to buy the parts he needs but he could come up with a good end product that no one done it before. He became successful because he tries to make valuable what he’s good at and it wasn’t the motivation that he was after. All he wanted is to remain the person that he would have been with Apple.

                I realized that sometimes when a person became successful they tend to change personalities. But not with Steve Wozniak, after becoming successful, Steve Wozniak still remains the person he was, that’s why until now, he is still successful in his life.

LIM, MARYLN GRACE C.

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                Joe Kraus together with his five Stanford classmates started Excite. Their first idea was developing technology for information search and retrieval, and then it became a web search that made their site fourth most popular site on the web in the late 1990’s. But before their company becomes popular they encounter problems like financing and dealing. Nobody wants to invest in their project because the investors were thinking that how are they going to make money with it. Why would people use the search engine more than once if they could just bookmark the site and never go back to the search engine again. But it was luck that made them popular. At first Netscape wasn’t going to accept the deal with Excite but because MCI couldn’t deliver its service on time, that’s why Excite got the deal.

                In this story, I learned that dedication and hard work plays an important role in startups, without it, I don’t think any of the startup founder would be successful in their business. I also think that luck is also a big thing because without it there will be no Excite today. plays an important role in startups, without it, I don’t think any of the startup founder would be successful in their business. I also think that luck is also a big thing because without it there will be no Excite today.

LIM, MARYLN GRACE C.

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                Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston founded Software Arts. This company produces VisiCalc which was the first electronic spreadsheet. Before, spreadsheet used to be made on paper. Dan Bricklin thought of the idea of having an electronic spreadsheet when he was watching his professor at Harvard Business School create a financial model on a blackboard. When the professor found an error he had to erase and rewrite a number of sequential entries in the table. So Dan Bricklin thought of how convenient it would be if they could make an electronic spreadsheet that would make their lives easier.

At first only few people wouled appreciate the idea of having an electronic spreadsheet, because not all people are into business. But later on, more and more people were using it.

                One thing I noticed is that some of the company today like Apple, Excite and Software Arts started developing their product in a garage. At first they were only thinking of a way on how to solve their problem or they just want to satisfy their needs and then it became a product that is widely use.