Mitch Kapor at Community Next

Posted by Nick O'Neill on October 14th, 2007 2:21 AM

Mitch Kapor is an industry luminary. As Wikipedia states Mitch, “is the founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the ‘killer application’ often credited with making the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. He has been at the forefront of the information technology revolution for a generation as an entrepreneur, investor, social activist, and philanthropist.”

Mitch appeared at the Community Next to discuss the evolution of platforms. In the video below, Mitch discusses platforms. Unfortunately, I didn’t get all of the slides but if you listen, Mitch describes the slides well so viewing the slides are not necessary.

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5 Responses to “Mitch Kapor at Community Next”

  1. Joe Grossberg Says:

    Unless you’re a conspiracy theorist, I think you mean “industry luminary (#3)” and not “industry illuminati“.

  2. Joe Grossberg Says:

    Unless you’re a conspiracy theorist, I think you mean “industry luminary (#3)” and not “industry illuminati“.

  3. Nick O'Neill Says:

    Ha … you are definitely correct

  4. Nick O'Neill Says:

    Ha … you are definitely correct

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