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Impatience Kills Startups
Apple was undoubtedly a huge success long before then. Every school in the country had Apple IIes in the 1980s.
I think you need to accounting for inflation and the growth of the electronics market in general.
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Apple was founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak on April 1, 1976. Apple went public in December of 1980, roughly 3.5 years later, in the most successful IPO since the Ford Motor Company.
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Yes, it is a bit of a vague example. But i think it still shows my point.
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I think you need to accounting for inflation and the growth of the electronics market in general.