Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs are best friends who love talking about electronics and pulling pranks. After several small-scale cooperation, Occupations pitches Wozniak on starting a business together to sell computers based on Wozniak's design for a personal computer. Wozniak confronts decisions about whether to quit the job he loves at Hewlett Packard to join Apple Computer, the best way to explain his role within Apple, whether to take on Jobs as his co-founder, whether to recognize a third cofounder proposed by Jobs, and how to split equity with his cofounders.
Early on, they add an exterior investor who alter the trajectory of the company's and who brings in a new chief executive. Afterwards, tensions rise between both creators as the business grows and as their strategic visions diverge. Wozniak has now learned some alarming news about his co-founder and has to determine whether that news will impact his continuing cooperation with Jobs.
PUBLICATION DATE: October 01, 2008 PRODUCT #: 812S13-HCB-SPA
This is just an excerpt. This case is about INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP
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