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(John Paul Rosenberg to his parents
when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold?
I dont't get "John Paul Rosenberg to his parents." It looks to me that John Paul Rosenberg gave his company, Werner Erhard, to his parents Mr and Ms Werner Erhard. Please explain this for me.
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The San Francisco-based Forum came into being when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold the "technology" for Erhard Seminars Training -- est -- to his brother Harry. The Forum, formally known as the Landmark Education Corp., has enjoyed considerable success with the self-actualization crowd, and with the Cambridge intelligentsia. That success is now chronicled in an HBS case study so sycophantic that Landmark has been using it -- improperly, Harvard says -- as a promotional tool.
I dont't get "John Paul Rosenberg to his parents." It looks to me that John Paul Rosenberg gave his company, Werner Erhard, to his parents Mr and Ms Werner Erhard. Please explain this for me.
Context:
The San Francisco-based Forum came into being when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold the "technology" for Erhard Seminars Training -- est -- to his brother Harry. The Forum, formally known as the Landmark Education Corp., has enjoyed considerable success with the self-actualization crowd, and with the Cambridge intelligentsia. That success is now chronicled in an HBS case study so sycophantic that Landmark has been using it -- improperly, Harvard says -- as a promotional tool.
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Hi, Consider a simpler example. Napoleon Bonaparte (Boney to his friends) was Emperor of France. This means that his name was Napoleon Bonaparte but his friends called him Boney.
- Hi, Consider a simpler example.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (Boney to his friends) was Emperor of France.
- This means that his name was Napoleon Bonaparte but his friends called him Boney.
- The San Francisco-based Forum came into being when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold the "technology" for Erhard Seminars Training -- est -- to his brother Harry.
- I understand from this that the name the man used in business was Warner Erhard, but that his parents used the name John Paul Rosenberg.
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Hi,
Consider a simpler example. Napoleon Bonaparte (Boney to his friends) was Emperor of France. This means that his name was Napoleon Bonaparte but his friends called him Boney.
The San Francisco-based Forum came into being when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold the "technology" for Erhard Seminars Training
Consider a simpler example. Napoleon Bonaparte (Boney to his friends) was Emperor of France. This means that his name was Napoleon Bonaparte but his friends called him Boney.
The San Francisco-based Forum came into being when Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg to his parents) sold the "technology" for Erhard Seminars Training
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