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In 1987 Michael Tchong founded MacWeek and started covering Apple news as he puts it "25 years too early." I met him a few weeks ago in preparation for the first Startup Grind event in Marin on 4/26 for which he is the featured speaker, and he told me a great story about the early culture of Apple.
In 1988 Apple launched the Macintosh IIcx and printed a full color spread for all Apple employees for the launch. I will let Michael tell the story in the short video below of what happened next but MacWeek had scooped the product before the launch by dumpster diving for Apple employee trash. Interesting to hear that even during the John Sculley days they maintained that secretive nature that they're famous for.
For the past 15 years Derek has been building communities. He is the co-founder/CEO of Bevy, a SaaS product that helps companies like Salesforce, Atlassian, Google, Snowflake, and Adobe build virtual and in-person communities. Bevy has raised $60M from Accel, Upfront Ventures, and others. He co-founded Startup Grind, a community of 600 Chapters in 125 countries educating, inspiring, and connecting startup people. Since 2012 Startup Grind has hosted 20,000 events. In 2010 he co-founded Commonred which was acquired by Income.com. Derek also previously worked as a product manager at Electronic Arts. He currently lives in Palo Alto CA with his wife and four children.
