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<p>Before Facebook&rsquo;s takeover, before the rise of Google, before anything, there was ROLM. Founded in a prune shed in 1969 by four Rice University grads, ROLM was a company that would come to shape everything we expect out of a Silicon Valley startup: the workplace perks, the multimillion-dollar buyouts, the global pressure to succeed, and the internal drama of the industry. In an era when angel investors were unheard of, ROLM was the little company that could, and did. In the end, it set the benchmark for success as a tech startup. &#160;After developing the first minicomputer rugged enough for military use, ROLM set off to innovate in the telecommunications field&mdash;an industry completely dominated by AT&amp;T. By deftly splitting its pursuits into two sectors, military and public telecommunications, ROLM steadily grew from its humble roots to become the second-greatest competitor in the telecom industry.In this, the inside story of ROLM, readers will find:&bull;&#160;&#160; &#160;A rare look at the entire lifecycle of a startup: birth to merger to Fortune 500 to purchase by IBM<br> &bull;&#160;&#160; &#160;The stories of each founder: why ROLM&rsquo;s success was met so

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Author

Katherine Maxfield

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Limited

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9781937110635

Category

business

Subjects

Economics, Management, History

Rating

4.7 / 5 (82 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14