Handspring
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Handspring, founded in Mountain View in June 1998 by Jeff Hawkins, Donna Dubinsky and Ed Colligan — the original inventors of the PalmPilot who left Palm after its acquisition by 3Com — was an American electronics company that developed Palm OS-based Visor and Treo personal digital assistants. The Springboard expansion slot added GPS, cameras, music players and cell service, making Treo one of the first smartphone lines; the company went public on NASDAQ (HAND) in June 2000, its shares rising 35% on the first day of trading.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Company founded
Handspring was founded.
- Merger
Handspring completed a merger.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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