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21、llydidn,tknowwhattodofOrafewmonths.IfeltthatIhadletthepreviousgenerationofentrepreneursdown-thatIhaddroppedthebatonasitwasbeingpassedtome.ImetwithDavidPackardandBobNoyceandtriedtoapologiZeforscrewingupsobadly.Iwasaverypublicfailure,andleventhoughtaboutrunningawayfromthevalley.Butsomethingslowlybegan
22、todawnonmeClstilllovedwhatIdid.TheturnofeventsatApplehadnotchangedthatonebit.Ihadbeenrejected,butlwassti11inlove.AndsoIdecidedtostartover.OUXi3A,iAAif-i2OaEi,ej10MOq。A,O11e,0TAE,iO%6AxO%oEA（商OAEEH0UUEi10IDavidPackoIBobBoyceuAf-20EOIIEuAA,i10NEAAaAaial,1AEifI2o100EAA0aM,u1ODiAaOaD,OaO2AODjIOQyOdAE,xEiOOEooEUifEuOil,rOIouA,iIdid11,tseeitthen,butitturnedoutthatgettingfiredfromApplewaSthebestthingthatcouldhaveeverhappenedtome.TheheavinessofbeingsuccessfUlwasreplacedbytheIightnessofbeingabeginneragain,1esssureabouteverything.Itfreedmetoenteroneofthemostcreativeperiodsofmylife.
