How did Steve Jobs and Wozniak's partnership contribute to the success of Apple?

Steve Jobs and Wozniak's partnership was instrumental in the success of Apple. Wozniak's technical expertise and Jobs' vision and business acumen made for a powerful combination. Wozniak had the idea of creating an integrated computer for everyday use, and Jobs saw the potential in this idea and convinced him to start a company. Jobs was able to secure orders for their first product, and their subsequent product, the Apple II, was a huge commercial success. Their partnership led to the creation of a company that would revolutionize the personal computer industry.

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After university, Jobs spent his days auditing Stanford classes and working for Atari. Jobs and Wozniak would attend the Homebrew Computer Club meetings, which encouraged hackers to build their own computers. During one of the meetings, Wozniak had the epiphany of putting together a keyboard and screen in one integrated computer for everyday use. Jobs convinced him to start a company together to sell personal computers and managed to get orders for two hundred pieces. That is how Apple was born. Its successor, Apple II, launched the era of Personal Computers and became a huge commercial success. Over the next 16 years, nearly six million units of the Apple II would be sold. Apple went public on December 12th, 1980, valuing the company at $1.79 billion. At only 25, Jobs was worth $256 million.

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