The $1.2 Trillion Mistake: Apple’s Forgotten Cofounder

What this short covers

Apple's forgotten co-founder, highlighting the importance of co-founder relationships in a startup's journey. It touches on themes relevant to founder psychology and team dynamics within an entrepreneurial context.

Transcript

This is Mike Makula, the first Apple investor who would have been worth $1.2 trillion if he would have held to his Apple stock. Mike's story is actually wild. He made millions working as a marketing person for Fairchild Semiconductor and by the age of 33, he was already a multi-million. His retirement was actually short-lived because in 1977, he was introduced to two young Steve Wnjak and Steve Jobs. Back then, Silicon Valley was still in its infancy, and computers were massive machines. The idea of personal computers seemed far-fetched to most. Yet, he saw the revolution coming, and he invested $250,000 in Apple. He actually wrote the original business plan and the marketing plans, which allowed for the company to become a Fortune 500 business in only five. What was Makula's biggest mistake? He did not held to his Apple stock. He could have literally been the best venture capital of all

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