WordPerfect

2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement May 11, 2021 by Ryan Smith · said 6 times in 3 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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May 11, 2021
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Ryan Smith: Jared Smith managed eight executives at WordPerfect aged 18
“He started working at WordPerfect as a product guy at 16, and he had to, you know, he had to figure it out. Like, he was a whiz kid. He was managing a team of eight executives at 18 years old”
Ryan Smith May 11, 2021 ▶ 27:05 20VC: Qualtrics Founder, Ryan Smith on The 2 Hour Decision Whether To Sell Qualtrics for $8Bn in Cash, Why Tying Your Identity To Your Company Will Never Make You Happy and His Relationship To Risk, Wealth and Responsibility as a Result
Mar 21, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Elias Torres got his start in tech using a stolen IBM computer
“He bought, like, a stolen computer. Like, people came and sold him, you know, and so I, he put it in the garage, and he said, go play with it. And so that's, it's like an IBM computer, like, you know, in the eighties, and I would be typing my homework in this …”
Elias Torres Mar 21, 2025 ▶ 8:15 Elias Torres, Co-Founder and CEO @ Agency: What No One Tells You About Selling Your Company · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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