The first calculators tended to sell for $400 or $500. Today, you can get a pretty good one for 4 or $5.
I never saw myself so much as an actor. I wanted to be a cartoonist like Charles M. Schulz and create my own world and be able to have a studio at home and not commute and be able to be with my family.
I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.