The movie begins with Steve Jobs returning home after spending five weeks at Stanford University as part of his internship program. Jobs sits down at his kitchen table with Steve Wozniak and Walt Mossberg and discusses Apple's profits and losses for the quarter ending March 31st. Jobs discusses Apple's reliance on consumer electronics companies such as Toshiba and NEC as well as competitors such as Motorola and Kodak. Jobs warns them not to ignore Microsoft because Apple would lose market share if they continued to ignore Microsoft's technological advancements