In the late 1980s, six Napoleons turned up to an event at Waterloo, says Jean-Pierre Mir, a French Napoleonic re-enactment veteran.

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As the area was getting back on its feet after the Revolution and both Napoleons, phylloxera wiped out most of the vineyards.

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If you were a VC during that time and had "been there and done that, " your gimlet eyes would have seen Steve Jobs as no different from 100 other "Napoleons in rags" who wanted your capital.

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