Below is a photo of the first Apple computer – the Apple 1.
Wood. I didn’t expect this either. Some classic bootstrapping by Wozniak in 1976. Radical logo here too!
No product benchmarks? Truth is, other PC’s like the Datapoint 2200 and the Xerox Alto were selling up to 6 years earlier. These didn’t have wooden cases. They weren’t built with second hand parts.
Doing gives you the opportunity to enhance later. Perfecting and planning opens the gate to nimble entrepreneurs. Innovation is quite forgiving.
A great example of driving for success over perfection.
Launch now, improve later.
Great post. This is a classic example of of the saying, “Stop typing, Start Prototyping”.
You might be interested in the link below from the Wall Street Journal. It argues that start-ups are no better off for writing elaborate business plans, and says that you should “Just Do It”.
http://www.startupjournal.com/columnists/enterprise/20070110-spors.html
Thanks for the link Ben.
Your message is valid, but you need to compare the Apple I to its contemporaries. I’d say it’s more of an improvement than the iPod or iPhone were.
Josh, it may have been an improvement in terms of ‘computing functionality’ but it was far less is tmers of visual appeal and total package. Check this out…. … other PC’s like the Datapoint 2200 (wikipedia it) and the Xerox Alto (and this) were selling up to 6 years earlier. These didn’t have wooden cases. They weren’t built with second hand parts.