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Oracle’s Vertical “Simul” Chess game

deal architect

When my daughter, Rita was younger, she was a chess fanatic and good enough to be ranked number 1 among Florida girls. She wrote a column about chess and technology for me 12 years ago here. I take no credit.

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Don Estridge, IBM PC Father, Startup Role Model

Startup Professionals Musings

He and Bill Lowe somehow managed to convince then CEO Frank Cary to give them a dozen engineers, a small budget, and a few months, to set up a small skunk-works called Entry Level Systems in Boca Raton, Florida, to develop a low-cost personal computer (code name “ Acorn ”). Here are a few PC-related examples: CPU speed was 4.77 mHz, now 3.0

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Their Major Accomplishments in 2019

Hearpreneur

This focus has helped me recruit the best and the brightest in the field, build a world-class operation, and most of all, with all the knowledge in a specific vertical, help build a leading agency for food & beverage manufacturers that are looking to build a direct to consumer channel. Thanks to CJ Xia, Boster Biological Technology ! #14-

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Founder Interview: Richard Lavina Innovating Accounting Services with Taxfyle

The Startup Magazine

Today, companies need to leverage not only their industry expertise but also be fully on top of technological advancements that will allow them to offer tailor-made solutions for consumers that directly alleviate issues that have dragged on for decades – whether product-wise or in the professional services realm.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: 2 Really Cool Companies

ReadWriteStart

Next, Dan Stewart from Safety Harbor, Florida, pitched Happy Grasshopper , an email-based referral marketing service. Today, he has over a thousand, and he has chosen to focus on the realtor vertical. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

IBM made us more central to the action when they launched the PC from Delray Beach, Florida, but, with only accounting software and the Hayes modem, Atlanta was not on the industry’s weekly must-see list. Oddly enough, our one primary competitor was in Austin, even more out of the way at the time.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Deepblocks

Austin Startup

Based in Miami, Florida, Deepblocks is an Artificial Intelligence company building a centralized global platform for analyzing real estate development. This track brings together founders and funders and showcases exciting new companies, products, services, and business models across different verticals and industries. Ramos, who Inc.