# Rod Canion, Director

> Rod Canion, Director. 1 investment on record. The rounds they were named in and the filings that name them, each with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/person/rod-canion (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Houston, US · Angel

# Rod Canion

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Stages *Series A*

Backs *IT Services*

Latest rounds

- **ChaCha** Series A · $3M Nov 2006

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Profile summary

- **Rounds named:** 1 last Nov 2006
- **Filings:** 3 with regulators
- **Podcasts:** 2 episodes
- **Books:** 1 written

What this record rests on

- ✓ **Named in rounds** 1 round name them
- ✓ **On filings** 3 filings with a regulator
- **Linked to a firm** No firm on record
- **Claimed** Not claimed yet

Titles come from filings their firm signed.

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## Rounds they were named in

- **Rounds:** 1
- **Led:** 0
- **Disclosed:** $3M
- **Active:** 2006

2006

- [ChaCha](https://millionrounds.com/company/chacha) *Series A* **$3M** *US* Nov 2006 Joined · +3 investors · historical

By stage

- Series A **1**

What they backed

IT Services **1**

Alongside

- [Bezos Expeditions *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bezos-expeditions)
- [Jack Gill *1*](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jack-gill)
- Members of Simon Mall Family *1*

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 raising **OncoMAGNETx,Inc.** Director since 2024
- SEC Form D · Company raising **ChaCha Search Inc** Director on 2 filings · since 2009
- SEC Form D · Company raising **AUDITUDE INC** Director on 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… On AmazonListen on Audible
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## Hear them before you pitch them

- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 25 Mar 2019 · 43 min Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019) With [Rod Canion](https://millionrounds.com/person/rod-canion) Their book [Open](https://millionrounds.com/person/rod-canion#books) Mentions [Texas Instruments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/texas-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,… Listen on Apple Podcasts
- [How I Built This](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/how-i-built-this) · 22 May 2017 · 42 min Compaq Computers: Rod Canion With [Rod Canion](https://millionrounds.com/person/rod-canion) Their book [Open](https://millionrounds.com/person/rod-canion#books) Mentions [Texas Instruments](https://millionrounds.com/fund/texas-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… Listen on Apple Podcasts

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