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Steve Wozniak

By Salvador Paniagua

An entrepenuer is the person that embarks on making their vision a reality, they have a great idea for a product. Steve Wozniak envisioned that the computer would be a common household appliance that it was going to be as common as having a stove. With that vision Steve had the self motivation of starting his own business and taking a risk by selling his most priced possesions( two calculators) to accomplish the start of the company. His partner Steve jobs also sold a priced possesion his van, these guys were self motivated to work on their business. They were a small home Business, they operated in Steve's garage. They were real close friends so they had a general partnership type of business were they both shared their responsabilities, and assumed liability for the company.

The company was a very time consuming responsability, Steve Wozniak made many adjustments to his computer designs, he was a very gifted engineer who like most entrepenuers do not have days off, he needed to work for 7 days a week and long hours. Steve was self- motivated, and self nurtured on his belief that the Apple I would be a success. He was action oriented, he didn’t just dream of creating a simpler computer for the general public to use he worked hard to do so, and he always came up with new innovative models, the new models always outmatched the old ones.

Apple not only needed the product, but also advertisement. Steve Jobs was the one to look for a entrepenual team. He seeked help from Regis Mckenna and Mike Markkula who were expereinced in the business world. Mike was the business genious he was teh one to come up with some of the most important parts of a company he was the one to create a business plan for the company, and in doing so he acquired a $ 250,000 loan from the bank to manufacture more inventory to sell.

Markkula also developed a business plan for the company. The business plan was a ten year plan with a sales goal of...