Welke, Larry (Lawrence) oral history, 1995
Larry Welke discusses his personal and career background prior to founding ICP (International Computer Programs, Inc.), how the ICP business model minimized the need for venture funding, how he developed both the product list and the subscriber list for the ICP Directory, the shift from subscriber-based to advertising-based publications and how ICP refocused its business to adapt to changes in the software industry. He discusses the origin of the services he provided to software product vendors in the fledgling software industry such as the Million Dollar Awards program, The ICP Software Newsletter and seminars on how to market software products. He cover his role in bringing software companies into ADAPSO and the benefits he derived from ICP’s ADAPSO membership.
Item Details
- Date
- 1995-05-03 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658258
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Lawrence Welke (Interviewee)
Luanne Johnson (Editor)
Luanne Johnson (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Extent
- 34 p.
- Place of publication
- North America/USA/MD/Potomac
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X4598.2008
- Subject
- Autodesk, ADAPSO, International Computer Programs, Inc. (ICP), Software Business History, IBM, General Electric Co. (GE)
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History Collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection