It all started in the summer of 1976 in a garage that barely had any space for 3 people, let alone the equipment, machinery and everything that was needed to be worked on in there. But the mind did not need any space, and although to the eye it seemed as if the ideas were clustered and disorganized, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne had an idea that would change the world and the way it thought of technology. Selling the first computer they made to many tech giants across the board, they all gave Jobs the same answer calling him ‘stupid’, and saying that “no one will want to own a PC.” I bet every single one that passed him on is calling it the biggest mistake they could have ever made.
With a single minded and laser beam focused goal to enhance the world through gadgets and devices that would change the way humans interacted and worked, he introduced the Macintosh, iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad throughout his journey. With each introduction only gaining more respect, more acceptance, and becoming more well known, it wasn’t hard to tell that this company was going places. A person took this company that no one wanted anything to be apart of to one that people would be proud to say they are with. The company generated revenues of $108.249 billion as of 2011. Innovation, having the passion and persistence to create new and better products on an annual pace it seems as the norm nowadays, Apple has done everything an entrepreneur wishes he/she could have achieved, including being extremely well off financially and is a brand that is only associated with tremendous respect, integrity, and character.
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Nice post, Akash. I’ve just been reading your blogs and it seems to me you have a fascination for apple. I wanted to ask you why you find Apple to be so different from the others? Do you think it’s dominance in America has anything to do with global recognition? Keep me updated! 🙂
Hey Nadia! Thanks for reading my blog! 🙂 I think there’s a lot of reasons why I love Apple and share the same passion a lot of other people have towards their products. I’m not tech savvy to the point where I know what company is releasing what, and who is coming up with better ideas, but I think the reason Apple has always stood out for me is the way they’ve always branded themselves…unique. They’ve really been the first company in my mind to make many contributions to two things that people want their devices to be, light and being able to carry a lot of data. Let’s take the iPhone for example, you can put your music, games, agenda/calendar, notes, phone, and SMS all in one place within a 0.37 inch (9.3mm) device. Or the MacBook Air for instance, which is the thinnest laptop in the world, with one of the longest lasting batteries and having one of the largest storage capacities there is. Consistency is the key, and Apple has shown that, something that a lot of other companies haven’t been able to achieve. I definitely agree with you on that one, America for the past few decades has seemed to be the hub for technology, and people from other countries envy and want to emulate exactly what the Americans (in this case specifically Apple) are using and coming up with. They somehow manage to always slash away at the thickness of their products, continue to break records for longer lasting devices in terms of their battery just on one charge, and make sure the quality never falls. This provides a lot of convenience and satisfaction for customers and they might just be willing to pay the extra money for all of that.