00:00Imagine this. You're about to secure a $20 million investment that could change the future of your company.
00:06But there's one problem. Your Porsche 911 might ruin everything.
00:10It was the early days of Apple, and Steve Jobs had already made a name for himself.
00:14He drove a Porsche 911, a symbol of success.
00:18But when billionaire Ross Perot expressed interest in investing $20 million, Jobs had a sudden realization.
00:24Would Perot see the Porsche and think Apple was already too rich to need his money?
00:29In a last-minute panic, Jobs and Steve Wozniak rushed outside.
00:33Their solution? Hide the Porsche around the block, just in case Perot drove by.
00:37They wanted to make sure Apple looked like a scrappy startup,
00:40not a company run by a CEO who could already afford luxury cars.
00:45And it worked. Perot invested $20 million, giving Apple the boost it needed to compete with giants like IBM.
00:52That money helped fuel the company's explosive growth and innovation.
00:56It turns out even a visionary like Steve Jobs had to think about perception.
01:00Sometimes, success isn't about what you show, but what you choose to hide.
