Belkin International: Chet Pipkin

So before we start the show, I just want to let you know that we've just released a bunch more tickets for our live show in Portland on Thursday, May 16th. I'll be joined live on stage by Seth Tibbett, the creator of Toeferky. So if you haven't gotten tickets, there is still a chance to grab some. Our live show with Seth is supported by American Express, and to get tickets, go to nprpresents.org and hope to see you in Portland. Oh. There were days when I thought nothing could stop us that uh this was gonna work and uh this is gonna be the most brilliant thing ever.

And there were other days that were really, really dark. And um I just would hold my head and my hands and and say, wow, this is never gonna work. From MPR, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements they built. I'm Guy Roz and on today's show, how a kid in California watched the PC revolution unfold in front of him. and saw the chance to make his fortune.

with computer cables. So, if you're a regular listener, you know how much I love the Gold Rush story, because there's a simple elegance to it. All those people going to mine for gold needed tents and jeans and pickaxes and shovels. They needed food supplies and lodging and transportation. Entire industries were built around the rush. And people who had nothing to do with gold? made a lot of money.

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