Interviewees, Andrew Butler, Marilyn Crowell and Edwin "Win" Siepp; Interviewer, David Shayt, National Museum of American History
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content: Shayt, David H.
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content: Wedge Innovations
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content: Wedge Innovations Records
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content: Wedge Innovations Records / Series 7: Corporate Culture
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content: 1995 June 21
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content: 1995 June 20
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content: Box 25, Item 534.6
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content: Box 24, Item 534.6
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content: Box 26, Item 534.6
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: The first interview is a continuation of the one with Andy Butler on tape 5. Butler and Marilyn Crowell briefly comment on the development of the Wedge logo.

The second interview, which begins approximately 8 minutes into side one and is continued on side two, is with Win Siepp, who joined Wedge in 1989 as Product Manager. He discusses what he did before and after Wedge, his educational background, how he came to be hired by Wedge, key Wedge personnel in 1989, his areas of responsibility at Wedge, the differences between the Pro and Series 200 SmartLevels, the marketing of the Pro and Series 200 SmartLevels, the "materials function" at Wedge, the Home Depot project, Wedge's market research efforts, the successes and failures of Wedge, the use of aluminum alloy, the evolution of the manufacturing process, problems of teak supply and rail manufacturing, Wedge as a typical example of a high-technology start-up company, the effect of investment on the life-span of Wedge, and the working conditions at Wedge.