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  1. William F. von Meister (February 21, 1942 – May 18, 1995) was an American entrepreneur who founded and participated in a number of startup ventures in the Washington, D.C., area. These included The Source, an early online service and CompuServe competitor, and Control Video Corporation, a predecessor to AOL .

  2. The first purely consumer on-line service in the United States was The Source. It was founded in 1978 by William von Meister, a local telecommunications entrepreneur who envisioned a ‘home information utility’ that would do for computers what AT&T did for telephones.

  3. Jul 17, 2019 · Von Meister and two engineers devised an information network based on “piggybacking” digital data on FM radio broadcasts using a single sideband. The system, which von Meister named Infocast, could broadcast data up to the limit of an FM broadcast (about 75 miles).

  4. Feb 28, 2023 · William Von Meister was an innovative entrepreneur who played a significant role in pioneering the early online services of the 1980s. He was born in New York City on February 21, 1942, into a noble German family that had ties to Kaiser Wilhelm II.

  5. Apr 25, 2014 · Two years latter when I tried to contact him, I was sad when I heard Bill Von Meister had died from pancreatic cancer that took his life in three months after diagnosis. When we last spoke he mentioned he had a pain in his gut and was going to see the doctor about it the following week.

  6. View William von Meisters profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members. Experience: Tapcart · Education: Trinity College-Hartford · Location: Los Angeles · 500 ...

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  7. May 25, 1995 · William F. von Meister, 53, a pioneer of the online services industry, died May 18 in Great Falls, Va. He was known as a consummate entrepreneur and promoter whose management capabilities...

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