This chapter narrates the speaker's transition from law to business school and their subsequent experiences in sales and marketing at Macintosh. It highlights the essential lessons learned about retail and the hurdles of mainstream adoption of personal computing. The discussion also draws contemporary parallels between the challenges of tech adoption and the histories shaped by visionaries like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk.

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