Dell Computers: Michael Dell. The College Dropout Who Took on IBM (2018)
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Hey everyone. So this week we're bringing you a special episode from the Archive. It's one of my all time favorite conversations. It's with Michael Dell, and he takes us back to the dorm room. where he started what became one of the biggest computer companies in the world. Now before that, as a high school kid, Michael made a killing selling newspaper subscriptions. His trick
He checked the marriage registry in Houston to find out who was recently married, knowing that they'd probably want a newspaper subscription. He would also take apart computers. Just to see how they worked, it's an amazing story about curiosity, about nerve. And some bad decisions he still talks about. So
Enjoy. You know, here I am supposed to be going to college and I've got this thriving business in my dorm room. Mm-hmm. I was buying computers and souping them up w with more, you know, capability and then Reselling them.
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