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William F. von Meister (February 21, 1942 – May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the Washington, D.C., area. These included The Source, an early online service and CompuServe competitor, and Control Video Corporation, a predecessor to AOL.
The first purely consumer on-line service in the United States was The Source. It was founded in 1978 by William von Meister, a local telecommunications entrepreneur who envisioned a ‘home information utility’ that would do for computers what AT&T did for telephones.
Jul 17, 2019 · The other idea was probably the most revolutionary concept Bill von Meister ever had. Von Meister and two engineers devised an information network based on “piggybacking” digital data on FM radio broadcasts using a single sideband.
Feb 28, 2023 · William Von Meister was an innovative entrepreneur who played a significant role in pioneering the early online services of the 1980s. He was born in New York City on February 21, 1942, into a noble German family that had ties to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Apr 25, 2014 · That Man Is William von Meister. And he is the subject of this episode. I’ve enjoyed all of the episodes we’ve done so far, but I have to say this has been the most fun. It’s exciting to shed some light on a bit of history that I think has been criminally overlooked.
Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship depicts the eighteenth-century German reception of William Shakespeare's dramas: the protagonist is introduced to these by the character Jarno, and extensive discussion of Shakespeare's work occurs within the novel's dialogues.
Jun 15, 2021 · A squad of former GameLine talent—including Steve Case, Jim Kinsey, Marc Seriff, and founder William von Meister—spun up Quantum Computer Services in 1985 and entered an agreement to...
