Compaq, every mention
36 scenes, the whole family · ← back to Compaq
tap a year for its mentions
every year anyone Guy Raz 84Rod Canion 12Michael Dell 3Tristan Walker 1Rich Barton 1Niklas Zennström 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Compaq comes up
Skype and Kazaa: Niklas Zennström
- ▶ 35:46 Niklas Zennström Compact, um, Palm Pilots.
Alienware: Frank Azor and Nelson Gonzalez
- ▶ 2:17 Guy Raz Features that weren't standard in the PCs sold by IBM or HP or Compaq.
- ▶ 7:37 Guy Raz You know, I, I wonder, um, so at this time, right, 1990, you could buy, obviously, a Compaq or, you know, or a variety, many, any number of dozens of, of, 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 25:46 Guy Raz No, none of these big PC companies, IBM and Dell and HP and Compaq were making gaming. 2 times in the scene
Roblox: David Baszucki
Expedia & Zillow: Rich Barton
- ▶ 8:32 Rich Barton I'm like, okay, sure, it's a bunch of pictures and text that would be great to have a whole library of on your, on a CD-ROM, but I, you know, the smallest portable computer at the time was the size of a suitcase from Compaq, but it weighed…
Dell Computers: Michael Dell (2018)
- ▶ 2:45 Guy Raz Michael grew up in Houston in the 19 seventies, and this was just as digital technology was taking off in that city with companies like Texas Instruments and then later Compaq.
- ▶ 12:05 Guy Raz Right, and that convention, not only were you there, but Rod Canyon went there too, who went on to start Compaq. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:34 Michael Dell Well, um, we definitely wanted to, to, to be the biggest, and I would say it changed a little bit in that time frame to, you know, competing with Compaq, and one of the things I think I learned along the way was that if you obsess on the… 2 times in the scene
Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker
- ▶ 7:58 Tristan Walker Hack, like, Presario computer, um, that we had to, like, haul out and take it to my room.
Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019)
- ▶ 1:13 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how Rod Canyon's personal computer startup, Compaq, took on the biggest computer company in the world and won.
- ▶ 2:11 Guy Raz But all of that changed when Rod Canyon started Compaq.
- ▶ 4:24 Guy Raz So, so when did the three of you sort of land on the idea that, that, you know, eventually turned into Compaq?
- ▶ 14:30 Rod Canion We sold one hundred and eleven million dollars worth of compact computers. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:51 Guy Raz So, 1983 was a really good first year of sales for Rod Canyon and Compaq. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:18 Guy Raz When, when's the first time you remember Compaq becoming part of, like, ah, the mainstream conversation in America? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:21 Guy Raz And, Rod, I guess about, like, what, 10 years after you guys launched Compaq, you, you're ousted. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:56 Guy Raz You think about Compaq, it was such a powerhouse in the eighties, a fortune 500 company, does a billion dollars in revenue within five years, and then you think about all of the companies that, that it was associated with, or that it… 8 times in the scene
WeWork: Miguel McKelvey (2018)
Dell Computers: Michael Dell
- ▶ 2:27 Guy Raz Michael grew up in Houston in the 19 seventies, and this was just as digital technology was taking off in that city with companies like Texas Instruments and then later Compaq.
- ▶ 11:52 Guy Raz Right, and that convention, not only were you there, but Rod Canyon went there, too, who went on to start Compaq. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:33 Michael Dell Well, um, we definitely wanted to, to, to be the biggest, and I would say it changed a little bit in that time frame to, you know, competing with Compaq, and one of the things I think I learned along the way was that if you obsess on the…
- ▶ 34:40 Guy Raz You become number one, more than Compaq, more than IBM.
Rolling Stone: Jann Wenner
WeWork: Miguel McKelvey
Compaq Computers: Rod Canion
- ▶ 0:50 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on today's show, how Rod Canyon's personal computer startup, Compaq, took on the biggest computer company in the world and won. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:02 Guy Raz So, so when did the three of you sort of land on the idea that, that, you know, eventually turned into Compaq?
- ▶ 14:02 Guy Raz In that first year, 1983, how did the company do? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 14:07 Rod Canion We sold one hundred and eleven billion dollars worth of compact computers. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:28 Guy Raz So, 1983 was a really good first year of sales for Rod Canyon and Compaq. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 19:55 Guy Raz When's the first time you remember Compaq becoming part of, like, uh, the mainstream conversation in America? 9 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:34 Rod Canion That was an attempt to take this thing that had gotten out of control mainly due to Compaq and bring it back under IBM's control. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:58 Guy Raz And Rod, I guess about, like, what, 10 years after you guys launched Compaq, you, you're ousted. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 30:01 Guy Raz Did you walk out of the company with, uh, you know, financially secure?
- ▶ 30:34 Guy Raz You think about Compaq, it was such a powerhouse in the eighties, a fortune 500 company, does a billion dollars in revenue within five years, and then you think about all of the companies that, that it was associated with, or that it… 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 33:30 Guy Raz Rod Canyon, he founded Compaq Computers with Bill Murto and Jim Harris in 1982. 2 times in the scene