Before Apple, Steve Jobs was just a normal kid from California.
Until one day he called the CEO of HP.
That call gave Jobs the foundation that would later turn Apple into a $1 trillion empire.
Here is the untold story of one of the campaigns
1968: Steve Jobs was a kid obsessed with electronics.
Most 12-year-olds spend their summer playing outdoors.
Jobs? He wanted to build a frequency counter.
But it lacked the necessary components to make it work.
He took the direct path
He decided to contact Bill Hewlett.
The thing is, Hewlett wasn't just any guy.
He co-founded HP, one of the largest technology companies in the world.
Most people would hesitate.
Jobs doesn't…
He picked up the phone book, found Hewlett's number, and dialed.
To his surprise, Hewlett actually answered.
For 20 minutes, Jobs asked countless questions about electronics.
Hewlett's reaction?
Instead of being angry, he was impressed.
At the end of the call, he didn't just promise to send Jobs the components he needed.
He offered Jobs a summer job at HP.
And with that, Jobs got his first real job…
It wasn't a glamorous internship. Jobs wasn't designing cutting-edge technology.
He was just setting up frequency counters.
Or, as he put it, “putting screws in.”
But for him, it was a front row seat to the world of technology…
That summer changed everything.
He got to see how real engineers worked, how they solved problems, how they built products.
She shaped the way he thought about technology. About business. About Apple.
But the biggest lesson?
Decades later, in a 1994 interview, Jobs said:
“I have never met anyone who didn’t want to help me when I asked.”
This mindset built Apple...
Jobs had no problem making cold calls to suppliers, investors, and partners.
He convinced the best engineers to join his team.
He secured deals that seemed impossible.
Because he understood one thing:
The worst they could say was "no."
Most people settle for ideas. Few take action.
But sometimes, a phone call changes everything.
And the future belongs to those who ask for opportunities.