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Trip Hawkins: evaluation

27 May 2019 Acquired The Electronic Arts IPO (with Trip Hawkins)

“Because they were running an ad campaign in the Hobby Magazine saying that Apple was the world’s best-selling personal computer, and it wasn’t the truth.”

— Trip Hawkins

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Trip Hawkins
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Claim type
evaluation
Recorded
27 May 2019
Publisher
Acquired

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…This is incredible. And it turns out it’s Steve Jobs. He’s seen this flyer that says, "Radio Shack is a market share leader." He’s really pissed off about it, and I knew why. Because they were running an ad campaign in the Hobby Magazine saying that Apple was the world’s best-selling personal computer, and it wasn’t the truth. I know that.…

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