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Bob Gaskins Revived Forethought
- Bob Gaskins joined Forethought as a mid-level manager despite the company’s struggling product development.
- His vision to pivot the company towards graphical user interface applications revitalized Forethought's future.
PowerPoint Changed Presentations
- PowerPoint pioneered the shift from manual presentation slides to computer-made business presentations.
- This empowered business users to create and present their own slides, replacing art departments.
Early PowerPoint Was Simple
- When PowerPoint first shipped, it was software to create black and white printouts on transparencies.
- This limited early vision evolved into a presentation standard used globally today.