Ann Winblad is a founding partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
10 Facts About Ann Winblad
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Ann Winblad earned her Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and in Business Administration from St Catherine University and her master's degree in Education from the University of St Thomas in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Ann Winblad received the John F Cade Award for outstanding entrepreneurship in 1997.
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In 1975 Ann Winblad bootstrapped Open Systems Inc, an accounting software startup, starting with $500.
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Ann Winblad cooperated with Don Valentine and Open Systems Inc sold its software via the vendor CADO Systems, which had been financed by Valentine.
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In 1984 Ann Winblad gave a candid interview about women in the tech industry.
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Ann Winblad became known as the most important female venture capitalist of her generation.
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In 2000, Ann Winblad was inducted into the Fortune Small Business Hall of Fame.
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Ann Winblad met Gates at a Ben Rosen-Esther Dyson computer conference in 1984 and they dated until 1987.
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When Bill Gates was to marry Melinda Gates, he had an arrangement with her that he and Ann Winblad could keep one vacation tradition alive from their dating years.