June 9, 2010 [image: Return to the complete global list for June 9, 2010] "Punch Cards to PCs": Gary Hoover discusses rise of computer industry<http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/20100609>
The Story of Enterprise - From Punch Cards to PCs * [image: Gary Hoover]Who: Gary Hoover Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship When: *Wednesday, June 9, 2010 6 p.m. Refreshments 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Lecture and Discussion *Where*: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center<http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/att.html>, Room 204 *Why Come: *Most of us take computers for granted in our daily lives. Often we think the whole idea began with Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and a few others of the presently rich and famous. But we would not have laptops or Facebook or YouTube without the hard work and brave efforts of people going back hundreds of years, from dreamers ahead of their time like Charles Babbage to hard-sell marketers like the builder of IBM, Thomas Watson, Senior. The story of the rise of the computer industry includes many more amazing and surprising characters and truly awesome machines (from ENIAC to ALTAIR) and ideas. Come join us for this lively, visual, and informative trip through the history that led us to where we are today. The presentation, which is free and open to the public is sponsored by the AT&T Center and the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas at Austin. It will be preceded by a cash bar and free appetizers at 6PM; the talk will start at 7PM, followed by discussion. See other Hoover videos.<http://blogs.mccombs.utexas.edu/mccombs-today/gary-hoover-video-library/> *Bio: *Gary Hoover studied economics at the University of Chicago under Milton Friedman, served as a securities analyst for Citibank on Wall Street, worked as a buyer for Federated Department Stores, and headed up acquisitions and strategic planning for the May Department Stores. At the age of 30, he founded BOOKSTOP, which changed the nature of book shopping in America. BOOKSTOP was sold to Barnes & Noble and became a cornerstone for their industry-dominating superstore chain. Hoover's next venture was Hoover’s.com, the world’s largest Internet-based provider of information about enterprises. Hoovers.com covers over 40,000 companies around the world. In 2003, the company was purchased by Dun & Bradstreet. In 2009, he was appointed Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business. He focuses on inspiring entrepreneurial thinking inside and outside of the business school. Hoover has consulted with profits and non-profits, spoken to conferences, and worked to encourage entrepreneurial thinking on every continent and industry. In 2009 he launched his blog: www.hooversworld.com *More info*: Gary Hoover <[email protected]> ------------------------------ *For information on speaking events at McCombs, contact Public Affairs Representative Gayle Hight, 512-475-6423, [email protected]* -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
