Robert Metcalfe
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"Robert Melancton "Bob" Metcalfe" is an electrical engineer from the United States who co-invented Ethernet, founded 3Com and formulated Metcalfe's law/Metcalfe's Law.

, he is a general partner of Polaris Venture Partners. Starting in January 2011, he holds the position of Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of Innovation at The University of Texas at Austin.

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If you cannot be on the project each day to check on things, then you should not try and be your own contractor.

The markets for the products are huge. If you can get it right, it's really a market that's infinite.

Energy has got to be one of the top five problems the world faces, and it's been frustrating to watch activists and politicians fail to solve the problem. Now it's time for the entrepreneurs and scientists to give it a try.