# Martin Zwilling

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**Martin "Marty" C. Zwilling** (born November 19, 1945)[1][2] is an American business executive, entrepreneur, and author.

## Background

Born and raised on his family's farm near [Olney, Illinois](/source/Olney,_Illinois),[3] Martin Zwilling graduated from the [University of Illinois](/source/University_of_Illinois) (Champaign/Urbana) in 1967 with a degree in accounting and a minor in [computer science](/source/Computer_science).

## Career at IBM

From 1967 to 1981, he worked for [IBM](/source/IBM) in various locations, doing field sales and marketing, [systems engineering](/source/Systems_engineering), technical support for mainframe computers and applications design.

From [Kansas City](/source/Kansas_City,_Kansas), he moved in 1981 to [Boca Raton, Florida](/source/Boca_Raton,_Florida)[1] to join the development team for the [IBM Personal Computer](/source/IBM_Personal_Computer) division, where he worked directly with [Philip Don Estridge](/source/Philip_Don_Estridge). He led the [IBM PC DOS](/source/IBM_PC_DOS) development group and managed the relationship with [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) during the early 1980s.

Later he moved to the IBM Silicon Valley Lab to manage software development for a series of compiler and testing products. He finished his IBM career in 1997 as Director of a team developing reusable software components with IBM Global Services, Research Triangle Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.

## Angel investing and board membership

Zwilling has been a member of two angel investment groups: Arizona Angels[4] and the Arizona Technology Investor Forum (ATIF).[5] He is a board member at Callaman Ventures,[6] an advisor to the Arizona State University Venture Catalyst Program,[7] Executive in Residence at the Thunderbird School of Global Management,[8] and member of the advisory boards for several start-up companies in the area.

## Bibliography

He has published over 500 articles on *[Forbes](/source/Forbes)*,[9] [The Huffington Post](/source/HuffPost),[10] [Young Entrepreneur](/source/Young_entrepreneur),[11] [Harvard Business Review](/source/Harvard_Business_Review),[12] his blog, and other online publications[13][14]

He has published two books, *Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?*[15] and *Attracting an Angel: How to Get Money From Business Angels and Why Most Entrepreneurs Don't*.[16]

## References

1. Schwaderer, W.D. (1984). [*Digital communications programming on the IBM PC*](https://books.google.com/books?id=accmAAAAMAAJ). Wiley IBM PC series. Wiley. p. v. ISBN 9780471890164. LCCN lc83025978. Finally, my thanks to Bob Stevens, Marty Zwilling, and [Mel Hallerman](/source/Mel_Hallerman) in Boca Raton [...]

1. ["amazon.com author profile"](https://www.amazon.com/Martin-C-Zwilling/e/B0040ZJHA0). *Amazon*. Retrieved 2013-03-02.

1. Zwilling, Frank (1977). [*The Family History of Frank and Mary Zwilling 1903 - 1977*](http://zwillings.com/documents/index.html). Frank Zwilling.

1. [Arizona Angels](http://www.arizonaangels.com/) *Angel Investment Group*.

1. [Arizona Technology Investor Forum (ATIF)](http://atif-az.org/) *Angel Investment Group*.

1. [Callaman Ventures](https://www.facebook.com/morriscallaman) *Callaman Firm*.

1. [Arizona Venture Catalyst Program](http://asuventurecatalyst.org/p/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130102023034/http://www.asuventurecatalyst.org/p/) 2013-01-02 at the Wayback Machine *Arizona Venture Catalyst Program*.

1. [Thunderbird School of Global Management](http://www.thunderbird.edu/) *Thunderbird School of Global Management*.

1. [Articles published by Forbes](https://blogs.forbes.com/martinzwilling/) 2010-2013.

1. [Articles published by The Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marty-zwilling/) 2010-2013.

1. [Articles published by Young Entrepreneur Forum](https://web.archive.org/web/20120505235947/http://www.youngentrepreneur.com/author/guest_marty/) 2012-2013.

1. [Article published by Harvard Business Review](http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/04/make_your_competition_work_for.html) 2010-2011.

1. [Articles published by Gust Blog](http://gust.com/angel-investing/startup-blogs/author/martinzwilling/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130211141638/http://gust.com/angel-investing/startup-blogs/author/martinzwilling/) 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine 2011-2013.

1. [Articles syndicated by Scottsdale.com](http://www.scottsdale.com/column/Startup-Professionals-Musings/20) 2012-2013.

1. Zwilling, Martin (2010). *Do You Have What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur?*. Startup Professionals, Inc. p. 402. ISBN 978-0984051502.

1. Zwilling, Martin & Joe Bockerstette (2012). *Attracting an Angel: How to Get Money From Business Angels and Why Most Entrepreneurs Don't*. Startup Professionals. p. 143. ISBN 978-0985493301.

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