Elecraft reminds me of what Hewlett Packard company must have been like in the early days. Two engineering buddies start a company in their garage. One (Dave Packard in the case of HP, Eric in the case of Elecraft) gravitates toward the business end of the enterprise while the other (Bill Hewlett, Wayne) concentrates on the engineering.
I wasn't around in the early days of HP, but maybe someday when Elecraft is a multi-billion-dollar corporation I'll be able to say that I knew Eric and Wayne way back when. :=) Alan N1AL On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 15:51 -0700, Jim Brown wrote: > On 4/20/2011 2:44 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote: > > Here's my account. > > VERY interesting, Wayne. That fills in an important gap for me -- I had > not realized that Eric had the serious EE background that he does. But > that also makes another point that I've long felt about being a good > chief executive -- to do it really well, you need not only a solid biz > background, but also a solid technical understanding of every aspect of > the business you're trying to run. Clearly, he has all of that -- one > of the things that has impressed me the most about Elecraft is a near > complete absence of dumb business or marketing decisions! > > 73, Jim K9YC > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
