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Tim didn't find PTC by sitting in an office waiting for deals. He was out carrying pitch decks for other founders, trying to get a company called Tasvir off the ground. It didn't work, but the process taught him what the market was missing. Engineers needed 3D, and nobody was building it yet. That intel led him to Sam Geisberg, a Russian immigrant and founder of SPG, who had built something called reflexive technology a.k.a software that could flip between 2D and 3D mechanical drawings in a way that stumped even experienced software designers. Tim made an introduction. Don Fedderson came in. Steve Walske joined. Richard Harrison became employee number 10, eventually working his way up to CEO. They named the company Parametric Technology Corporation. PTC went public. Over 10 million mechanical designs have since been created on their Windchill and ProEngineer products. Richard Harrison said it simply: "Tim took a real risk on us when we got started. He thinks big, trusts the players, and has remarkable instincts." Find the technology that makes experienced people stop and say "I don't understand how this works." Back the team that built it. Get out of the way.