The Life of Stephen Wozniak

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The Life of Stephen Wozniak. By Jorge Messianu. What I’m going to Talk About. Wozniak’s Biography Wozniak’s Childhood Wozniak’s first creation Founders of Apple The Revolutionary Idea Wozniak’s Timeline. Biography. Born in 1950 in Sunnyvale California Loved electronics as a kid - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Life of Stephen Wozniak

By Jorge Messianu

What I’m going to Talk About

• Wozniak’s Biography

• Wozniak’s Childhood

• Wozniak’s first creation

• Founders of Apple

• The Revolutionary Idea

• Wozniak’s Timeline

Biography

• Born in 1950 in Sunnyvale California

• Loved electronics as a kid

• Nicknamed as The “Woz”

• Real name is Stephen Gary Wozniak

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Childhood

• 5th grade, built large computer

• 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe

• He got his HAM radio license

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First Successful Thing Created

• First creation was a calculator

• Calculator helped Wozniak to continue inventing

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Apple 1

• Wozniak built the Apple 1

• Got idea from a TV• Got idea also from a

typewriter

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What was the intention of Wozniak building this

Computer?• Easy to use• Useful for solving

problems• Good for playing

games

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Jobs, Wozniak and Markkula

• Made there company• Named company

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Steve Jobs

• Was ready to use computers

• Had the idea of selling preassembled

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Stephen Wozniak

• Made it all fit together

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Mike Markkula

• Provided capital, credibility and business sense

• Never actually worked for company

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The Revolutionary Idea

• People believed Jobs/Wozniak were going only for money

• Jobs and Wozniak succeeded their dreams

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Wozniak’s Timeline

1950

1960

1970

2006

Born in Sunnyvale, California

Loved Electronics as a kid

In 5th grade, built a large computer.

In 6th grade, built machine that played Tic-Tac-Toe

Wozniak’s first creation was a calculator.

Built the Apple 1.

People believed that Jobs and Wozniak were going only for money.

Sources

• Spaulding, Autumn. “From the Garage to the Gigabyte.” Stephen Wozniak. Smithsonian Institute Press. http://www.landsnail.com/apple/local/woz_gig/woz.html.

• Wolfson, Jill, and John Leyba. “An interview with Steve Wozniak.” Tech Museum. http://www.thetech.org/revolutionaries/wozniak/

• "Wozniak, Steve." World Book Online Reference Center. 2006. [Place of access. Date of access.] <http://www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?id=ar749259>.

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