Irwin M. Jacobs

Irwin M. Jacobs
Irwin Mark Jacobsis an electrical engineer, a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth18 October 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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We try to preach innovation. We provide resources; we invite speakers in from universities to talk about new ideas.
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While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.
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At Linkabit, we put little effort and energy into patenting things.