Houston, US · Angel
Rod Canion
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Latest rounds
- ChaChaSeries A · $3MNov 2006
BacksIT Services
Rounds they were named in
- Rounds
- 1
- Led
- 0
- Disclosed
- $3M
- Active
- 2006
ChaChaSeries A$3MUSJoined · +3 investors · historical
Rounds where a report named this person rather than a firm, matched on name: read it as a strong hint, not proof, since people share names.
Where they are named on record
Filings
- SEC Form D · Company raisingOncoMAGNETx,Inc.Directorsince 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raisingChaCha Search IncDirectoron 2 filings · since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raisingAUDITUDE INCDirectoron 5 filings · since 2009
Each row is a document a firm filed with a regulator: somebody signed it, and it carries a date.
Their book
Open: How Compaq Ended IBM's PC Domination and Helped Invent Modern Computing
Rod Canion · 2013
4.09 from 210 ratings on Goodreads
About the book
The story of Compaq is Three ex-Texas Instruments managers founded Compaq with modest venture funding. Just four years later, Compaq was on the Fortune 500 list, and, two years after that, they had exceeded $1 billion in annual revenue. No company had ever achieved these…
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Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019)
WithRod Canion
Their bookOpen
MentionsTexas Instruments
About this episode
In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could run the same software. PLUS for our postscript "How You Built That," we check back in with Danica Lause,…
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Apple PodcastsCompaq Computers: Rod Canion
WithRod Canion
Their bookOpen
MentionsTexas Instruments
About this episode
In 1981, engineer Rod Canion left Texas Instruments and co-founded Compaq, which created the first IBM-compatible personal computer. This opened the door to an entire industry of PCs that could run the same software. PLUS in our postscript "How You Built That," how frustrated renter Melanie Colón…
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