《名人傳記》之喬布斯一代創(chuàng)意天才131:蘋果電腦公司正式成立

Steve Wozniak was going to give the plans

沃茲尼瓦克本來想將電腦

for the computer away for free,

免費(fèi)送給人使用

but Steve Jobs convinced him

但喬布斯游說他

they could sell the computer.

將電腦賣給別人

On April 1, 1976,

在1976年4月1日

the Apple Computer Company was formed.

蘋果電腦公司正式成立

When Steve Jobs cofounded Apple,

喬布斯共同創(chuàng)立蘋果電腦公司時(shí)

he didn't have any money.

他只是個(gè)窮光蛋

The famous story is that

當(dāng)中最著名的故事

Steve Jobs sold hs Volkswagen bus

是喬布斯賣了他的大眾巴士車

and Steve Vozniak sold his Hewlett Packard computer

而沃茲尼瓦克賣了他的惠普電腦

and they scraped together just a little money

來籌集很少的資金

and they really had to do it on a shoestring.

所以他們只可以勒緊褲頭

Everyone thinks Apple

所有人都以為蘋果電腦公司

was a garage start-up,

是在車庫開始

that the parents gave him the garage.

由他父母給他的車庫

It actually started in a bedroom

事實(shí)上,蘋果電腦公司是由臥室開始

and it took over much of

之后還占據(jù)了他的小房子

the small house and the garage.

和車庫的一大部分

Jobs was able to sell enough of the Apple I computers

喬布斯賣出的蘋果第一代電腦

to keep the business going,

數(shù)量足夠他們維持業(yè)務(wù)

and looked for investors.

還可以讓他們積極物色投資者

Apple Computer's first major investor

蘋果電腦的第一個(gè)主要投資者

and business partner was Mike Markkula.

和業(yè)務(wù)伙伴是馬克庫拉

So, from the early years of Apple,

在蘋果電腦公司的發(fā)展初期

Steve Jobs was not in charge.

喬布斯并不是擔(dān)當(dāng)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)角色

There were experienced executives

因?yàn)槟抢镉泻芏嘣诖蠊?/p>

who had worked at

例如英特爾等工作過

successful companies, like Intel,

具有豐富經(jīng)驗(yàn)的行政人員

who were older,

他們的年紀(jì)也比較大

who were what we now call, in Silicon Valley,

就好像我們現(xiàn)在在矽谷

the adult supervision.

叫作資深主管那些人