Charles "Charlie" Bass, is an American

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, academician and entrepreneur. He was the co-founder of the networking company Ungermann-Bass in 1979. Led by Ralph Ungermann and staffed by several colleagues from

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, Ungermann-Bass helped commercialize ethernet, had a successful IPO, and then was purchased by Tandem Computers. Bass was also co-founder of Starlight Networks in late 1990, a software company involved in

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and Socket Mobile, Inc. in 1992. In 1972, Bass received a Ph.D. in

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from the University of Hawaii. He has taught at University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Santa Cruz; and

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, and he worked for

. In 1989, he formed his own venture capital company, Bass Associates. Bass is currently an advisor to Horizon VenturesHorizon Ventures

References

University of Hawaii COE Distinguished Lecture Series ''Charlie Bass: How To Maneuver Venture Capital''
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