Ralph Wagner, Executive, Founder & Angel - "Flunk Calculus, Ace Life" - Ep. 2

Ralph Wagner recalls his journey of self-discovery that led from failure in engineering to incandescent success in marketing and sales. The man who could not do calculus or write code excelled at identifying and exploiting opportunities created by computer technology. In this interview one sees that Ralph’s captivating personality is firmly ballasted by good sense and common decency. It is made evident how his interest in people was vital to the success of his many ventures.

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Topics we touched on:

Success after flunking calculus

IBM

Apple Computers

Kurzweil Learning Systems, Ray Kurzweil

Microsource

KeyFile, Jim Stenzel

Bob Moll, Moll Associates

Arthur D. Little

Meditech, Ed Roberts, Neil Pappalardo

Michael Mark, Interleaf

Steve Watson, Computerland

Visicalc, impact of the first spreadsheet software available on a personal computer

Rent-a-byte

Steve Gaal, TA Associates

Tony Helies

Walnut Venture Associates, Jim Massarelli, Data General

Julian Lange, Visicalc, Software Arts, Babson College

Microsoft Excel, Lotus 123

Eyal Shavit, Software Development Corporation, Underware, Brief, Barry Bycoff, Netegrity

Stefan Mehlhorn, Permessa, Collego, Loop Pay

Jay Singh, Dan Levin, Doron Gan, Tod Loofbourrow, ViralGains

Kendall Tucker, Polis, David Solomont