How to Solve Problems Like a Multimillionaire
June 20th, 2008 by admin
One of my primary reasons for starting this blog was to try and gain insight into the minds of incredibly successful people. I wanted to know how their thought processes worked. I wanted to know how they made decisions under pressure. Steve Kirsch’s home page is an excellent place to start.
Wikipedia Background:
Steven Todd Kirsch invented and owns a patent on an early version of the optical mouse. After bringing multiple successful startup companies through IPO and corporate buy-out, he became a multi-millionaire. In 2007, his personal fortune was estimated at $230 million. Steven Kirsch founded Mouse Systems Corporation in 1982. After he left the company, he co-founded Frame Technology Corp. in 1986 to market the FrameMaker publishing software. After Frame was acquired by Adobe Systems, he founded a Web portal company, Infoseek Corporation, in 1994. After Infoseek was acquired by Disney, he founded Propel Software Corporation in 1999. As of 2007, he was leading Abaca Technology Corp., which makes a spam filter that is reported to achieve very high levels of accuracy.
One of the first links on Kirsch’s web site goes to a page where he discusses his diagnosis of an incurable blood cancer. The rest of the page covers his research and intent to develop a cure:
http://www.skirsch.com/wm/wm.htm
It provides an excellent method of tackling any difficult challenge: gather as much data as possible and talk to as many experts as possible.
The man’s career involved solving hard problems such as reducing spam. He is clearly no stranger to thinking big. The pages on his site discuss curing the incurable, ending global warming, and creating a new future for America. The world stands a chance of becoming a much better place thanks to his efforts.
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