He later founded Stellar Computer, which merged with Ardent and became Stardent Computer. It went from a hardware to software business and is now known as Advanced Visual Systems in Waltham, Ma., where Poduska is chairman. He also is a partner in seven firms and is on nine corporate boards. In 1985, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, where he was honored for his technical and entrepreneurial leadership. I'm always ready to get in the game.
Opportunities knock repeatedly, but each opportunity only knocks once.
If you don't take it, it's gone. Creating companies is the thing that has given me the most passionate drive over time. There is hardly a finer challenge than to build a company and to build products that serve people. What it comes down to is you. It either works or it doesn't, and every morning when you look in the mirror you know why.