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Entrepreneur Walk of Fame to honor first seven tech gods
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Seven technology pioneers — from inventor Thomas Edison to Microsoft founder Bill Gates — will get the equivalent of Hollywood sidewalk stars this afternoon when the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame is unveiled in Cambridge.
The inaugural honorees also include Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founders Bill Hewlett and David Packard, Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs, Lotus Development Corp. founder and Lotus 1-2-3 designer Mitch Kapor, and Genentech Inc. founder Bob Swanson.
The Kendall Square location for the star-studded walk — which has been dubbed EntWoF — was chosen because the area hosts nearly five times more start-ups per square mile than any other place on the planet and for its ties to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, according to organizers.
A panel of eight business leaders chose the honorees based on their innovations and risk-taking, success in building companies from the ground up and sustaining jobs, and their legacies, including their inspirational impact on other entrepreneurs.
“The Entrepreneur Walk of Fame was created to celebrate the best of the best,” Bill Aulet, managing director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center and co-founder and chairman of the selection committee, said in a statement. “We want the Walk of Fame to serve as inspiration to future generations representing the men and women who have put themselves on the line, taken the risks and left a trail behind them for someone else to follow suit.”
Kapor is the only honoree scheduled to attend the festivities.
David Edison Sloane, the great grandson of Thomas Edison and a University of New Haven professor, is scheduled to reflect on the accomplishments of his great grandfather. Other speakers will include Tyler Jacks, director of the Koch Institute at MIT; Howard Anderson, the William Porter Distinguished Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan School of Management; Newsweek Technology editor Dan Lyons; and Software Garden Inc. founder Dan Bricklin.
The Entrepreneur Walk of Fame begins at 319 Main St., next to the outbound side of the Kendall/MIT MBTA stop. Posters with the stories of each honoree will be displayed around Cambridge with quick-response codes that smartphone users can use to access more information on them.
A new group of entrepreneurs will be chosen each year as the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame expands though Kendall Square and the MIT campus.
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