VIDEO: Pirates of Silicon Valley Name:____________________________________ Marketing
Directions: Answer each of the following questions while you watch the video. Record your answer in the space provided on this paper.
1. The first personal computer was marketed by Ed Roberts of Albuquerque, New Mexico as a do- it- yourself kit for hobbyists. What was the name of that first personal computer?
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2. Silicon Valley is actually located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay in the Santa Clara Valley. What city is considered the “capital” of Silicon Valley?
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3. Describe the plot of the movie “The Pirates of Silicon Valley.”
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4. Where did Steve Jobs attend college? _______________________________________
5. What was the first thing that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak invented?
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6. Where did Bill Gates attend college? ___________________________________
7. According to Steve Jobs, information is ________________________________.
8. At Berkley in 1976, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were part of the “Home Brew Club.” What was the Home Brew Club?
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9. According to Steve Wozniak, the enemy was ________________________________.
10. Who has first rights to anything Steve Wozniak invents (he worked for them for a time as an engineer)?
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11. Why did Steve Jobs shave off his beard and start wearing a suit?
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12. What did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak call their new company?
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13. Where did the new company created by Steve and Steve start?
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14. Mike (venture capitalist) from Intel put how much money into Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak’s new company?
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15. What is a Venture Capitalist?
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16. Bill Gates left college for what?
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17. Apple wanted to sign a contract for _______________ with Microsoft to license their software.
18. In 1980, the Seattle office of Microsoft, Bill Gates, said, “You know how you survive …?” How did Bill Gates think a company (or people) can survive?
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19. Microsoft met with the management of IBM to set up an operating system for them. What was the name of the operating system?
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20. Bill Gates and Paul Allen had a small problem when they met with the managers at IBM. What was that problem?
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21. How did Bill Gates and Paul Allen over-come the small problem they had with IBM?
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22. The new President of Apple Computers came from what company? ______________________
23. What company secretly developed the mouse? ______________________________________
24. What did Microsoft invent to compete with the software used by Apple?__________________
25. Today, Steve Wozniak does what? _________________________________________________
26. The FAMOUS commercial used by Apple Computers to introduce the new Macintosh Computer was shown only once during the Super Bowl in what year?
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27. In that FAMOUS commercial, who was Big Brother? _________________________________
28. Who wrote the book “1984” and what was the book about? ___________________________________
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