Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Robert Martin Friedland

Robert Martin  Friedland

How they met?

Jobs was looking to sell his computer when he accidentally walked in on Friedland with his girlfriend during his college days at Reed. The two became friends and complimented each other; Jobs was more reserved and Friedland was outgoing. Friedland convinced Jobs to join him in a kind of hippie commu

Relationship

Steve eventually decided communal living was not for him after sleeping in the kitchen and watching people steal each other’s food in the night. Upon leaving the commune, though, Steve Jobs had the inspiration to name his company Apple.

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