Dan Bricklin

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Dan Bricklin is an American software engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-creator of VisiCalc, the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers.

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instanceOf computer programmer
entrepreneur
human
software engineer
areaOfInfluence business computing
personal productivity software
awardReceived Computer History Museum Fellow Award NERFINISHED
MIT Corporate Leadership Award NERFINISHED
coCreated VisiCalc NERFINISHED
coFounded Software Arts NERFINISHED
Trellix Corporation NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
developed VisiCalc NERFINISHED
educatedAt Harvard Business School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
employer Software Arts NERFINISHED
Software Garden NERFINISHED
Trellix Corporation NERFINISHED
familyName Bricklin NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork personal computing
software
spreadsheets
founded Software Garden NERFINISHED
genre business software
givenName Dan NERFINISHED
hasActivity podcasting about computing history
public speaking on technology and innovation
hasRole chief technology officer
software architect
hasWebsite personal blog
hasWritten articles on software and entrepreneurship
influenced Lotus 1-2-3 NERFINISHED
Microsoft Excel NERFINISHED
development of later spreadsheet programs
knownFor co-creating the first widely used spreadsheet program for personal computers
pioneering electronic spreadsheets
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Dan Bricklin NERFINISHED
notableAchievement helped popularize personal computers in business through VisiCalc
notableConcept electronic spreadsheet
notableWork Trellix web site building tools NERFINISHED
VisiCalc NERFINISHED
occupation computer programmer
entrepreneur
software engineer
residence United States of America

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VisiCalc developer Dan Bricklin
VisiCalc creator Dan Bricklin