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Software Arts was an American software company founded in 1979 by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston to develop VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet for personal computers. VisiCalc itself was published by a separate company, Personal Software, later renamed VisiCorp. Software Arts also developed TK!Solver, a numeric equation-solving system originally created by Milos Konopasek, and Spotlight, a desktop organizer program for the IBM Personal Computer. By early 1984 InfoWorld estimated that it was the world's 13th-largest microcomputer-software company, with 12 million dollars in sales in 1983. Bricklin was its chairman until 1985, the year Lotus bought the company.

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Founded Year
1979 1
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Companies Founded

Dan Bricklin, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Dan Bricklin (Wikipedia)

Companies Led

Dan Bricklin, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Dan Bricklin (Wikipedia)

Founded By

Dan Bricklin, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Software Arts (Wikipedia)

Led By

Dan Bricklin, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Dan Bricklin (Wikipedia)

Operates In

Software Industry, Industries
Source Software Arts (Wikipedia)

Subsidiary Of

Lotus Development Corporation, Companies and Brands
Source Lotus Development Corporation (Wikipedia)
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1. Software Arts (Wikipedia)
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    a software company founded by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston in 1979
  • Founded By: Dan Bricklin, Lead, founders
    a software company founded by Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston in 1979
  • Operates In: Software Industry, Lead, industry
    Software Arts was a software company
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Dan Bricklin (Wikipedia)
  • Led By: Dan Bricklin, Career, Software Arts
    Bricklin was chairman of Software Arts until 1985
  • Companies Founded: Dan Bricklin, Career, Software Arts
    In 1979, Bricklin and Frankston founded Software Arts, Inc.
  • Companies Led: Dan Bricklin, Career, chairman
    Bricklin was chairman of Software Arts until 1985
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Lotus Development Corporation (Wikipedia)
Subsidiary Of: Lotus Development Corporation, History, Dominance
Quote, Subsidiary Of: Lotus Development Corporation, History, Dominance
Also in 1985, Lotus bought Software Arts and discontinued its VisiCalc program.
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