Why Steve Wozniak says 'Silicon Valley' and 'Halt and Catch Fire' are realistic TV shows about the tech world
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Wozniak found the comedic portrayal of start-up culture in "Silicon Valley" to be both amusing and realistic to his own experiences.
"Silicon Valley, I watched the entire first season," he said. "It fit into this thing where when we started Apple there were companies that would spin-off."
Wozniak continued:
"Then along came groups like Bill Gates and Microsoft and Steve Jobs and myself and Apple and a lot of young, young people; Mark Zuckerberg working in a dorm, creating these great companies. So, it became very enamored by people and wanting to be an entrepreneur, wanting to know the formula. How can I someday be part of a startup, one of the most exciting in life for people of that university-type age? So, those TV shows definitely would find a [audience], either have an interest, a spark, a point that could grab an audience."
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"'Halt and Catch Fire,' too. Wow, I love the portrayal, but it's more like a lot of the drama."
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The first episode, "Jobs vs. Gates," will detail the battle between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to bring the personal computer to the masses in the 1980s and feature commentary from Wozniak, Twitter co-founder and entrepreneur Biz Stone, politician and businessman Mitt Romney, and others.
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