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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. The burn rate was extremely high, with no one working for equity or deferred compensation. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize.

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