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Apple got their first major investor in Mike Markkula, a former Intel employee who had made millions and retired by the age of 34. He help draw up a business plan where he would invest $250,000 to build 1,000 machines.
Apple hired Rob Holt (a friend of Steve Jobs) to create a power supply and create a mold for the distinctive plastic shell (as opposed to the previous wooden case). With the addition of an office manager in Mike Scott, the company moved to their first real office setting in 1976.