1971 | Technology: The Promise, the Reality, the Way Forward
Jun 10
2:00PM – 3:00PM
Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street
Our classmate, Mitch Kapor, is best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He left Lotus in 1986. In 1990 with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until 1994. In 2003, Kapor became the founding chair of the Mozilla Foundation, creator of the open source web browser Firefox. Kapor, with his wife Freada Kapor Klein, are founders of Kapor Capital, which invests in tech startups closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcome in low-income communities and communities of color. He serves on the board of SMASH, a non-profit to help underrepresented scholars hone their STEM knowledge while building the networks and skills for careers in tech and the sciences.
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1971 | Technology: The Promise, the Reality, the Way Forward
Our classmate, Mitch Kapor, is best known for his work as an application developer in the early days of the personal computer software industry, later founding Lotus, where he was instrumental in developing the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet. He left Lotus in 1986. In 1990 with John Perry Barlow and John Gilmore, he co-founded the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and served as its chairman until 1994. In 2003, Kapor became the founding chair of the Mozilla Foundation, creator of the open source web browser Firefox. Kapor, with his wife Freada Kapor Klein, are founders of Kapor Capital, which invests in tech startups closing gaps of access, opportunity, or outcome in low-income communities and communities of color. He serves on the board of SMASH, a non-profit to help underrepresented scholars hone their STEM knowledge while building the networks and skills for careers in tech and the sciences.
Sprague Hall | Room: Concert Hall — 470 College Street
