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| basic rules, 267-70 (see also Rules) | Capital sources, 67-69. See also Financing, |
| dimensions, 253, 263-64 | Financeability |
| relational graph, 254-55,266-67 | Card, David, 369 |
| rules, 253-54, 264-70 (see also Rules) | Carnegie Group, 232 |
| stages, 252-53,256-62 (see also Stages) | Carnegie-Mellon University, 215-16,232, 321- |
| Bentley, Tom, 126 | 23 |
| Beta-testing. See Stages and Engineering, | Carr, Robert, 124, 368 |
| project phases, | Cash, 59-64. See also Flaws and Rules, |
| biochips, 374 | buying time, 60 |
| Birnbaum, Joel, 179 | financeability, and control |
| Bitzer, Don, 233-34 | Cirrus Logic, 289-90 |
| BizPlanBuilder, 38 | Gateway, 299 |
| Blank, Tom. See MasPar | Gensym, 306 |
| Board of directors, 27-33. See also Flaws and | MasPar, 314 |
| Rules | Ovation, 275 |
| Cirrus Logic, 288-89 | having too much, x, 63 |
| function, 27-29 | manufacturing needs for, 143 |
| kitchen, 79 | respect for, 23 |
| meetings, 30 | running out of, 60-61 |
| selection criteria 27-29 | Cashing out, 5-6, |
| size, 27-29 | Casio, 231 |
| Borland, 279-82 | CEO. See Chief executive officer |
| Bosworth, Adam, xiii, 276-82 | Channels of distribution. See Marketing |
| breakthrough flaws, 129-30, 135, 147 | Chief executive officer (CEO), x, 11-19. See also |
| BREIT, 188-89 | Flaws and Rules |
| Bricklin, Dan, 104, 183 | conflict resolution, 88 |
| Brooks, Fred, 126, 369 | management ability, 81 |
| Brown, Owen. See Sun Microsystems | marketing role, 202 |
| Bruno, Albert, 368 | relationship to board of directors, 27-30 |
| Burgelman, Robert, 369 | requirements, 11-13 (See also rules) |
| Burkhardt, Henry, 131-32 | wealth handicap, 11 |
| Business plan, 34-58. See also Flaws and Rules, | Chief operating officer (COO), 11-12 |
| Apollo, 39-42 | Chief technology officer (CTO). See technology |
| Autodesk, 42-43 | balance sheet, |
| Cirrus Logic, 287-89 | Chopp, 192 |
| creation, 3 | Christy, Peter. See MasPar |
| formats 35-36, 37-39 | Cimflex, 232 |
| Gateway, 296 | Cirrus Logic, 62, 273, 283-89 |
| Gensym, 305 | Clark, David, 106 |
| Ovation, 274 | Cobol, 174, |
| Poduska format, 35 | Cocke, John, 104, 179 |
| purposes 34-35 | Code museum. See Computer |
| spreadsheet model, 3,36 | Coit, Steve, 29 |
| Sun Microsystems, 42-43 | Communications, 351-52 |
| vision, 36-39 | Company culture. See Culture |
| Buyers and buying criteria. See Product and | Company vision. See Vision, Plan |
| Marketing | Compaq, 28 |
| Bygrave, William, 368 | Compatibility. See Computer |
| Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor | |
| C language, 183 | (CMOS). See Semiconductor |
| Cadence, 295 | Complex instruction-set computer, 176-80 |
| Calculator, 177 | Components, new. See Technology, and Flaws, |
| Cane, Dave, 311 | technology |