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Genesis of Palm Computing

By Jeff Hawkins | Handspring: The Accidental Entrepreneur Lecture 2 of 22

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Lecture Description

Hawkins talks about his life, his education and work experience. He started his career at Intel for 3 years and then moved to a start-up that he did not start. While working at the latter he created his first product - first pen-based computer. He soon realised that all personal computing ought to be smaller and simpler. With this thought he started on the path to try and accelerate this shift - and that was the genesis of Palm computing.

Course Index

  1. What is an Entrepreneur?
  2. Genesis of Palm Computing
  3. The Accidental Entrepreneur: Palm History
  4. Story of Acquisition: Palm, US Robotics, 3Com
  5. Spinoff: Handspring
  6. Handspring: Envisioning the Future
  7. Serial Entrepreneurship: Redwood Neuroscience Institute
  8. Profiles of Entrepreneurs
  9. Importance of Experience
  10. Follow Your Passions
  11. Individual vs. Company
  12. Entrepreneurship is a Means to an End
  13. Work/Life Balance
  14. Defining Company Culture
  15. Difficult Negotiations
  16. Designing Successful Products
  17. Role of Market Research
  18. Work/Life Balance
  19. Hawkins: What I Wish I'd Learned in College
  20. Establish Strong Human Resources Early On
  21. Product Development: Importance of Customers and Testing
  22. Portable Technologies
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