Software Arts Inc.


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Software Arts Wrote The First Best-seller

By Stewart Alsop II |  Jan 1, 1982

Dan Bricklin and Bob Fanskton cracked the micro-software market wide open with a program called VisiCalc.  Read more

My Company, My Self

By Inc. staff |  Jul 1, 1989

The founder of two defunct software companies reflects on growing too fast, staying small, and facing losses.  Read more

Those Were The Days

Apr 1, 1984

Remember when bankruptcy meant you were broke? When John De Lorean was just a GM exec with a dream? When you thought a silicon chip was a new kind of snack f...  Read more

Too Hot To Handle: Losing Control

Mar 1, 1987

"Things got screwed up."  Read more

The Birth Of An Industry

By Steve Ditlea |  Jan 1, 1982

Working in their attics, basements, and garages, seven entrepreneurs tacked together a totally new industry.  Read more

It's Time To Join The Computer Age

By Stewart Alsop II |  Oct 1, 1981

You've heard it before, but this time it's true. Even the smallest businesses can use these tiny machines and off-the-shelf programs productively.  Read more

Slim Pickings In The Software Garden

Jan 1, 1985

Like June in the old Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune, personal computers are bustin' out all over. An estimated 6.5 million units -- what the industry ...  Read more

How G. H. Hoxie Put Management In Context

Jun 1, 1983

First released in July 1982 -- a good half-year before Lotus Development Corp.'s 1-2-3 -- Context MBA was the first integrated management-planning program...  Read more

Getting More Out Of Visicalc

By Steve Ditlea |  Oct 1, 1982

VisiCalc and other electronic spreadsheets became more popular because they quickly answered 'what if' questions. Now many users find that these programs can...  Read more

Unlocking Management Creativity

By Robert A. Mamis |  Jun 1, 1983

In the old days -- five years ago, to be exact -- a financial spreadsheet was manufactured out of actual paper and ink. It often measured two feet across ...  Read more

Golden Handcuffs

By Robert A. Mamis |  Aug 1, 1983

It certainly worked out for me," claims Edward Esber, a former marketing vice-president for VisiCorp in San Jose, Calif. Like many hired field workers in ...  Read more

Coming Of Age

By Inc. staff |  Apr 1, 1989

Entrepreneurs and business experts discuss how the 80s changed the way they think about business.  Read more