It was called Traf-O-Data, a startup in the 1970s that developed a computer system to count traffic. If it hadn’t been for our Traf-O-Data venture … you could argue that Microsoft might not ...

It was 1972, and their company was called Traf-O-Data -- their names were Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company later failed after their home state began offering free traffic processing services ...

There are no Traf-O-Data millionaires living it up in Seattle, but Allen saw this failed venture as foundational to what would come a few years later.

The Traf-O-Data did finally achieve some success, although it didn't foreshadow anything like a Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500). Perhaps the lesson here is that every success involves a few false ...

Traf-O-Data was a good idea with a flawed business model. It hadn't occurred to us to do any market research, and we had no idea how hard it would be to get capital commitments from municipalities.

Traf-O-Data was a business partnership between Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Paul Gilbert that existed in the 1970s. The objective was to read the raw data from roadway traffic counters and create ...

Fresh out of high school, Gates, along with Paul Allen and another accomplice by the name of Paul Gilbert, developed the Traf-o-Data … Continued By Adrian Covert Published April 20, 2009 ...

1968 - Begins programming computers at age 13. 1972 - While still in school, co-founds Traf-O-Data, a company which analyzes local traffic patterns. Summer 1972 - Congressional page for the US ...