BASIC
product on 11 shows · 3 statements across 1 episodes · said 36 times in 19 episodes since 2019
Acquired 11 
the a16z Podcast 10 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 3 
How I Built This 3 
Founders 2 
Capital Allocators 2 
We Live to Build 1 
the Neon Show 1 
A Product Market Fit Show 1 
the MAD Podcast 1 
All-In 1
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BASIC was the Python of its day for accessibility
“It's sort of the Python of its day. I think the way Python is now, where you sort of joke that Python is so flexible, you know, you can, like, accidentally write a program by writing English, and it can kind of forgive a lot of mistakes, and it reads kind of l…”
Microsoft's MITS deal paid $30 per copy plus 50% sublicense revenue
“And the terms of the deal are Microsoft is to get 30 dollars for each copy of BASIC that MITS sells, plus 50% of the revenue that comes from These sub-licensing deals that MITS may or may not do with other companies who want to use the BASIC.”