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In 1976, Ann Winblad started Open Systems, an accounting software company, with the help of $500 she borrowed from her brother. The advent of the microprocessor and the first affordable PCs created a new opportunity for programmers. Winblad was one of the first generation of entrepreneurs who figured out by trial and error what a software startup was. Six years later, she and her cofounders sold the company for over $15 million.
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© 2008 Jessica Livingston
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(2008). Ann Winblad. In: Founders at Work. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1077-1_22
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