Deres Kifle Eshete

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• Deres Kifle Eshete
• University of Notre Dame
• April 6, 2004

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Company History

• founded in 1988 Janie Victor Tsaos garage
• From Taiwan Tamkang University, Information
  Technology and MBA
• 300 employees, Irvine CA
• Initial investment of 7000
• Main idea - Printer to PC cables limited to 15
  feet without data degrading
• Working 100 hr weeks - idea to production in 3
  weeks

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Success

• Entrepreneurs of the year - 2004
• Cisco Systems Purchase for 500 Million March
  2003
• Projected revenue - 538 Million

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