Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 31, 2020
The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. In retrospect, however, Bill Gates did a lot of things right as a startup that I still look for today in aspiring entrepreneurs and their companies: Build a strong team.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 17, 2023
The honest truth is that I worked directly with him in the early days of Microsoft from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the startup of the IBM PC. In retrospect, however, Bill Gates did a lot of things right as a startup that I still look for today in aspiring entrepreneurs and their companies: Build a strong team.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
My introduction to startups really came when I first worked in IBM with Philip Donald Estridge back in 1981. Known as Don Estridge, he led development of the original IBM Personal Computer, and thus is known as "father of the IBM PC" He’s gone now, but I still remember him fondly. mHz, now 3.0
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 14, 2019
In the entrepreneur world, it’s still a popular misconception that the “idea” is everything. For example, I grew up in IBM when Bill Gates was helping us deliver the first IBM PC. In a very real sense, we funded him, and he superseded even IBM.
socalTECH
OCTOBER 30, 2009
Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).
socalTECH
DECEMBER 11, 2009
Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).
socalTECH
JULY 10, 2009
Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Your Software Development Partner. Providing IBM Storage Solutions. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies.
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