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.

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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

APRIL 8, 2010

The honest truth is that I worked with Microsoft then from my “safe” perch in big IBM, during the early days 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. Enlist community of support.

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Tech.Co

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Currently, I am the cofounder and CIO of Remesh , which is an AI platform that understands and engages groups of people in conversation in real time. I am also an experienced entrepreneur who has founded two other companies. Entrepreneurs in Cleveland have a great deal of ingenuity. What’s your role in your ecosystem?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 22, 2009

I had always been a scrappy entrepreneur. One such meeting that he set up was with the CIO of the largest consumer products company in Europe. I got a call the morning of the meeting from my assistant (who was also shared with this gentleman) that he was planning to cancel the CIO meeting. Now was time to bring in some process.

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