Ann Winblad
Ann L. Winblad | |
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Born | Red Wing, Minnesota, U.S. | November 1, 1950
Education | B.A., St. Catherine University M.A., University of St. Thomas |
Occupation(s) | Co-founder and partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners |
Ann L. Winblad (born November 1, 1950) is an American businesswoman. She is a founding partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
Early life and education
Winblad was born on November 1, 1950, in Red Wing, Minnesota.[1] Born to father Wilbur Winblad and mother Elizabeth Stark, she and five other siblings grew up in Rushford and Farmington.[2][3]
During her high school years, she was a cheerleader and student valedictorian.
Career
After earning her master's degree, Winblad joined the Federal Reserve as a systems programmer where she worked for 13 months.[6] In 1976, Winblad and three co-workers left the Federal Reserve to found Open Systems, Inc, an accounting software startup, bootstrapping the company with $500.[2][7] Winblad cooperated with investor Don Valentine and Open Systems sold its software via the vendor CADO Systems, which had been financed by Valentine. Open Systems was eventually sold in 1983 for $15 million.[8][9]
In 1984 Winblad gave a candid interview about women in the tech industry.[10]
After Open Systems Inc was sold, Winblad became a tech consultant for IBM and Microsoft. She also invested in Microsoft.[11]
In 1989, Winblad and
She received the John F. Cade Award for outstanding entrepreneurship in 1997.[2] In 2000, Winblad was inducted into the Fortune Small Business Hall of Fame.[12]
Personal life
Winblad is an ex-girlfriend of
Honors
References
- ^ "Ann Winblad talks Kool-Aid, green tech and Bill Gates", December 16, 2008, Audio interview, freshdialogues.com
- ^ a b c d "Always a coach". news.stthomas.edu. January 1, 2001. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2019.
- ^ "Wilbur Wayne Winblad". startribune.com. October 20, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ISBN 9780313333842. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "VCChat: Questions VCs Ask Hummer Winblad & Gelt Ventures". meetup.com. October 17, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Schubarth, Cromwell (October 14, 2013). "VC Ann Winblad on women in tech, sharing a hotel room with a stripper". bizjournals.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Ann Winblad". hwvp.com. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
- ^ "Ann Winblad", speaker bio for Fall 2014–2015 "Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar", stanford.edu
- ^ a b c "Adventure Capitalist". wired.com. September 1, 1996. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ ISBN 9780674240117.
- ^ a b "Ann Winblad: the woman who built Silicon Valley". morningfuture.com. July 13, 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ "Heroes Of Small Business From Apple's Steve Jobs to Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea to Earl Graves of Black Enterprise magazine, meet some of the most influential entrepreneurs of the past two decades in our first Hall of Fame". money.cnn.com. November 13, 2000. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ Isaacson, Walter (June 24, 2001). "IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES". time.com. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "AllPolitics - TIME This Week: January 13, 1997". www.cnn.com. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Award Winners For Exemplary Women Will Be Announced At 4th Annual Women in STEM Conference". markets.businessinsider.com. September 8, 2017. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
- ^ SVForum Archived March 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 1999 Visionary Awards.
Bibliography
- Lambert, Laura. (2005). "Ann Winblad." in The Internet: A Historical Encyclopedia. Part 1, Biographies. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 238–242.