Dan Bricklin created VisiCalc while he was watching a presentation at Harvard Business School. He realized that the financial model that was drawn in the Blackboard is something that he could create on his computer and started working on it as the side. It really became the first spreadsheet as we know it, led to Lotus 123 and Excel and all the things that we use today. So you end up with these little use cases that end up being worth spending quite a lot of money on.
A new technology won’t go far unless it solves a migraine-level problem.
Motley Fool Live’s “This Week in Tech” co-hosts Tim Beyers and Tim White discuss:
- How investors can think about adoption lifecycles and tech investments - Where generative AI lands on the hype cycle - One key sign that a new product has “crossed the chasm” for widespread adoption - ChatGPT’s “nice to haves”
Companies discussed: IT, AAPL, MDB, HUBS
Host: Tim Beyers Guest: Tim White Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Rick Engdahl
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