Apple Was 90 Days From Collapse

You pick up your phone without thinking. Behind that glass is a garage, a boardroom coup, a near-death spiral — and a comeback that rewired daily life. This is the full story of Apple: from a Los Altos garage in 1976 to a multi-trillion-dollar machine still in your hand. Official story vs. the messy real one — Jobs, Wozniak, the Macintosh, exile, iMac, iPod, iPhone, App Store, Tim Cook’s scale era, and the next handoff. Which almost-death company story should we doodle next? Tell us in the comments. Chapters: 0:00 Cold open — the glass in your hand 0:59 Rewind to 1976 — garage in Los Altos 2:00 Founding — Jobs, Wozniak, Wayne 2:23 Apple I & Apple II 2:50 IPO & clones close in 3:17 Macintosh 3:37 Jobs forced out 4:02 1990s near-collapse 4:21 Jobs returns (NeXT) 5:11 iMac 5:38 iPod 6:20 iPhone 7:12 App Store 7:48 Tim Cook era & scale 8:20 Trillion-dollar club 9:51 Callback — still in your hand Not affiliated with Apple Inc. This is an independent educational history video. Product and company names are used for identification and commentary. Sources (primary / reputable): • Library of Congress — founding of Apple Computer • Apple Investor Relations FAQ — incorporation, IPO Dec 12 1980 • Apple Newsroom / FY2025 consolidated financials — ~$416B net sales; Services ~$109B • Apple Form 10-K (FY ended Sep 27, 2025) — ~166,000 employees • Apple Newsroom — App Store ecosystem ~$1.4T facilitated billings/sales (2025) • Apple Newsroom / SEC 8-K (Apr 20, 2026) — Cook → executive chairman; Ternus → CEO Sep 1, 2026 • Reuters — Apple milestones; first U.S. public company above $1T (Aug 2018) • Wired (Aug 1997) — Microsoft $150M investment in Apple Figures are rounded for narration; market caps move with the market. If this history clicked, like and subscribe for more company stories that almost died — then didn’t. #apple #stevejobs #iphone #techhistory #business