No Vision All Drive: Memoirs of an Entrepreneur

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Abstract

Intro -- No Vision All Drive -- Contents -- Foreword, Third Edition -- Foreword, First and Second Editions -- Introduction -- Prelude -- The Birth of a Company -- Chapter 1 Learning to Be an Entrepreneur -- The Quebec Department of Transportation -- TransControl -- DWC/ADS -- Gainesville -- Miami -- STS -- The Orlando Center -- The Syracuse Center -- The Miami Center -- David Cohen -- Eran -- Bob Durkin -- Managing the Miami Center -- Hurricane Andrew -- Living in Miami -- Selling EMTrack -- SkyWire and Vendview -- Chapter 2 The Idea for Pinpoint -- December 7, 1993 -- The Early RightWith Years -- Moving Away -- TransCare -- Chapter 3 The Early Years -- Funding -- RightWith's First Office -- Preparing for Beta -- Choosing Where to Live -- The 0th User Conference -- Chapter 4 Becoming a Real Company -- From RightWith to Pinpoint Technologies -- Moving to Boulder -- Beta -- Pinpoint's Second Office -- David and Eran Arrive from Phoenix -- Indy 500, Reliable, and David's Wedding -- Bob Durkin Becomes a Partner -- Getting AID Right -- Our First Sale -- Our First Trade Show -- Zebeth Parks, the Voice of RightCAD -- John Stapleton Arrives -- Pinpoint's Culture -- Our Second Sale -- Clemente, RAM, and Jennifer Jones -- Our Second Boulder Office -- User Conferences -- Core Beliefs -- Chapter 5 Growing Up -- Pinpoint on a Roll -- Sweet Computer Services -- TransCare -- Going International -- Working with a Distributor -- Chapter 6 A Personal Milestone -- Chapter 7 Growing the Company -- Buying a Building -- Integrated Management Solutions -- Exit Strategies -- Chapter 8 The Sale to ZOLL -- Chapter 9 The ZOLL Years -- ResponseOne -- Pinpoint Takes a Dive -- Chapter 10 Why End It? -- The New Guy -- Looking Back -- What I Learned about Vision, Strategy, and Execution -- What's Next? -- Chapter 11 After Pinpoint -- iContact -- Angel Investing.