Rene Pardo: Talking Life Lessons, Tech, and The Best of the Internet with Rene Pardo - Ep #103

Rene Pardo is an inventor, creator and entrepreneur. A visionary driven by innovating world firsts to impact and help people, his entire life he has been supporting advanced R&D and building tech companies around exceptional, bright people. He is most recognized for co-inventing and developing the world's first electronic spreadsheet (1969), as well as Forward Referencing, the cornerstone functionality of modern spreadsheets and reactive programming. The spreadsheet was licensed to and used by the budgeting department of AT&T and every telephone company in North America throughout the early 1970’s, including Bell Canada, as well as by General Motors in Warren, Michigan. A pioneer in Human-Computer interactions and interfaces, he is also recognized for his advancements and major contributions to education and multimedia. Norman McLaren (National Film Board in Montreal, Quebec) and Ken Knowlton (Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey) became Pardo's role models. Inspired by the environment of the NFB and Bell Labs which offered complete creative freedom to outstanding individuals, Rene continues to strive to replicate in business settings the same environments fostering creativity and innovation. Attached Things/Links Mentioned: The Internet Startups Entrepreneurship Systems in Business Destiny Rhythm of Life Lessons from Others (Rene's mother, Norman McLaren, and more) How to Stay Young Forever The Difficulty of Patent Lawsuits Rene's Journey in Business Lanpar Brainwave Technologies Design Technology Web3 NFTs Creativity + Innovation Rene’s Website Rene’s LinkedIn Brainwave Website Origins of Lanpar 4 My Treasures #DreamBIG #ImproveYourselfImpactLives To see what we are up to and what is going on around the Dream BIG & Co community you can follow us on the following platforms: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook Vimeo Snapchat Tik Tok LinkedIn Medium Our Spotify Playlist Our Amazon Alexa Skill - Dream BIG Daily Our Amazon Alexa Skill - Dream BIG Quotes