Dan Kottke

Daniel G. Kottke was a college friend of Steve Jobs and one of the first employees to join the Apple Computer Company after its original co-founders.Apple's first employee: The remarkable odyssey of Bill Fernandez by Jason Hiner, Tech Republic. 2014-12-05.
==Early life and education==
Kottke met Jobs at in 1972."Interview: Apple Employee No. 12 Dan Kottke on Company’s Earliest Days and the College Steve Jobs." KQED, November 25, 2011. In 1974, the two embarked on a to India to meet at his in . When they arrived at the ashram, it was almost deserted because Neem Karoli Baba had died in September 1973. They continued on a long trek up a dry riverbed to an ashram of . The two spent a lot of time in India on bus rides from to and .
After returning from India, Kottke transferred to in 1975 as a literature and music major. He stayed in touch with Jobs and they traveled together to fellow Reed College classmate 's All One Farm near . The apple orchard there would serve as the inspiration for naming the Apple Computer Company.
===Apple Computer===
While the original Apple Computer Company was still based in the home of Steve Jobs's parents in 1976, Kottke was asked in June to help assemble and test Apple I logic boards as one of its first part-time employees. After graduating from Columbia in June 1977, Kottke joined the newly incorporated Apple Computer as full-time employee #12.Where are the first 10 Apple employees today? by Ben Gilbert, Business Insider. 2016-12-26. In 1981, Kottke became involved in assembling Macintosh prototypes with Brian Howard.Macintosh Prototypes by Daniel Kottke, Folklore. 1981-06.
Steve Wozniak gave Kottke some of his personal shares in Apple after Jobs refused to grant him any stock options. The two had a falling out after Kottke participated in an unflattering profile of Jobs that was published in 1982 by and mentioned that Lisa Brennan was Jobs' daughter.
==Media portrayals==
Kottke was portrayed by and in the dramatized films Pirates of Silicon Valley and Jobs, respectively.Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999), Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2020-02-09.Jobs (2013), Internet Movie Database. Accessed 2020-02-09.
==Interviews==
Triangulation 31 Daniel Kottke
I did LSD with Steve Jobs
Mac@30 Rod Holt, Daniel Kottke and Woz discuss Early Apple
==References==
==See also==
*List of early Apple Computer employees
==External links==
*Dan Kottke at All about Steve Jobs
*Dan Kottke at Folklore
*Daniel Kottke at Twitter
* at Wikipedia
===Articles===
*These Pictures Of Apple's First Employees Are Absolutely Wonderful by Jim Edwards at Business Insider (2013-12-26)
Category:Former Apple employees