Ann Winblad started with nothing: ideas from scratch, continuing without stopping and finally, founded Open Systems. But before all the success happened, she was working in a bank at day, and doing her simple startup at night. Five hundred bucks was even borrowed from her brother, for the reason that her own were cut short. Sequoia was the company that funded Open Systems and luckily, Open Systems was strong against competitors such as the newbie of Microsoft: BASIC.

Winblad has never intended or occupied ambivalence in her decision-making nor affected her gender. As a related issue, gender discrimination wasn’t the greatest hindrance she endeavored but, to fight for the gold. She gave credit to all her failures and contested a handful to speak her heart out, and just keep moving forward. A very inspirational story it was when she was cornered by college papers, problem sets and the like, and in addition is the heavy burden (for us) she called blessing. The significance of college was what she really fell into, but what was the essence of college for her?

Based on what I’ve read, underestimation of co-curricular activities is one characteristic that can never be found in her. Possessing an intellectual, logical and passionate attitude towards these activities can also bring equilibrium to a fulcrum of the jumbling seesaw of schedules. She balanced her hobbies and studies until she was found to be a well-rounded individual.