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Big Ideas in a Small Room
"I am asked a lot of questions about what American schools are doing with education on the Internet. Internationally, schools are often looking to duplicate the model we have here," says Blackboard Inc. CEO Michael Chasen.
Credit: Joanne S. Lawton / Washington Business Journal
When I was about 10 years old, my father bought a Radio Shack-brand TRS Model III computer in order to track billing. At first, it stayed in a guest bedroom that doubled as an office. Within a few months, I had moved it into my bedroom.
My friend Billy Berger and I began to write programs and were soon writing them for local businesses. We got clients by word of mouth. Working on my own in high school, I charged as much as $25 an hour for computer consulting for local companies. I was always interested in technology and knew I wanted to run my own computer company one day.
I got an undergraduate degree in computer science at American University. Then I decided to get an M.B.A. with a specialization in accounting and follow that with a law degree.
From The New York Times
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