Lawrence Levy clearly wasn’t most people, and neither was Steve Jobs, as Levy also revealed that Steve Jobs was actually giving money to payroll at the time.
As that direction didn’t work, it’s easier and easier to see how the company burnt through $50 million.
He really wanted Pixar to be a successful graphics company and sell computers.
Start-ups often blow through a lot of money as they are getting off of the ground, but the interesting part of what Lawrence Levy had to say during The Opening Bell podcast is that most people didn’t seem to think Pixar would ever pan out.