Creative things have to sell to get acknowledged as such.
In the end, I hope there's a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.
You should stay closely connected to the technology when you start your company.
The first Apple was just a culmination of my whole life.
Another hero was Tom Swift, in the books. What he stood for, the freedom, the scientific knowledge and being and engineer gave him the ability to invent solutions to problems. He's always been a hero to me. I buy old Tom Swift books now and read them to my own children.
I have always respected education, which is why I actually went back secretly and taught school for eight years.