Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft

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"Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.

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Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft canonical	2
The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
Context triple: [Jim Clark, hasWritten, Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft]

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"Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft" is Paul Allen’s autobiographical account detailing his role in founding Microsoft, his complex relationship with Bill Gates, and his subsequent ventures in technology, business, and philanthropy.
B. The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company—and Revolutionized an Industry
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C. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
D. Business @ the Speed of Thought
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E. The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
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F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
Target entity description: "Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft" is a business and technology memoir chronicling the rise of Netscape and its battle with Microsoft during the early days of the commercial internet.

A. Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft
"Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft" is Paul Allen’s autobiographical account detailing his role in founding Microsoft, his complex relationship with Bill Gates, and his subsequent ventures in technology, business, and philanthropy.
B. The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company—and Revolutionized an Industry
"The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company—and Revolutionized an Industry" is the subtitle of Marc Benioff’s business book "Behind the Cloud," which chronicles the creation and disruptive growth of Salesforce.com and the broader impact of cloud computing on the software industry.
C. The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires
The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires is a nonfiction book that examines the recurring cycle of openness and monopolistic control in communications and information industries throughout modern history.
D. Business @ the Speed of Thought
Business @ the Speed of Thought is a business and technology book by Bill Gates that explores how digital systems and information networks can transform organizations and decision-making.
E. The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
"The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company" is a business memoir by David Packard that recounts the founding and growth of Hewlett-Packard while outlining the management philosophy and values that shaped the company.
F. None of above. chosen

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instanceOf	book ⓘ business book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ technology memoir ⓘ
aboutEvent	Netscape IPO ⓘ surface form: Netscape initial public offering browser competition between Netscape and Microsoft ⓘ
aboutOrganization	Microsoft ⓘ surface form: Microsoft Corporation Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ surface form: Netscape Communications
author	Jim Clark ⓘ Owen Edwards ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describes	Netscape's business strategy ⓘ competitive tactics of Microsoft ⓘ creation of Netscape Navigator ⓘ hyper-growth of a technology startup ⓘ
focusesOn	Netscape IPO ⓘ Silicon Valley startup culture ⓘ competition with Microsoft ⓘ early web browser market ⓘ rise of Netscape ⓘ
genre	business history ⓘ corporate biography ⓘ technology history ⓘ
hasSubtitle	Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft
language	English ⓘ
mainSubject	Microsoft ⓘ Netscape Communications Corporation ⓘ browser wars ⓘ commercial internet ⓘ startup growth ⓘ technology entrepreneurship ⓘ
narrativePerspective	insider account ⓘ
portrays	Jim Clark ⓘ Marc Andreessen ⓘ Netscape management team ⓘ
publisher	St. Martin's Press ⓘ
subjectArea	business strategy ⓘ internet history ⓘ startup management ⓘ technology industry ⓘ venture capital ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1990s ⓘ early commercial internet era ⓘ
title	Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft self-link ⓘ

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Silicon Graphics cofounder Jim Clark → hasWritten → Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft ⓘ

subject surface form: Jim Clark

Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft → title → Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft self-link ⓘ

Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft → hasSubtitle → Netscape Time: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Making of the Billion-Dollar Start-Up That Took on Microsoft

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