Steve Jobs was just 12 when he called HP’s cofounder. What happened next put him on the path to success at Apple

At the age of 12, most people are worrying about their school crush or a science project that’s due next week. But Steve Jobs had his mind on something else as a tween: spare parts needed to build a frequency counter. So he found Hewlett Packard (HP) cofounder Bill Hewlett’s phone number in the yellow pages and called him up for a favor.

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Steve Jobs was just 12 when he called HP's cofounder. What happened next put him on the path to success at Apple

The Apple cofounder got his first job on the factory line at HP, and said reaching out for opportunities is what distinguishes a dreamer from a doer.