Betting it all : the entrepreneurs of technology / Michael S. Malone.

By: Malone, Michael SPublisher: [S.l.] : Wiley, 2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 288 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0471201901; 9780471201908DDC classification: 338.47004092273 Online resources: Amazon.com | Amazon customer reviews Summary: "I realized I was willing to die for Java." –– KIM POLESE, MARIMBA "I was the opposite of a party animal. I had this thing where if I was signed up for a [college] class, I wouldn’t go to the class, ever." –– BILL GATES, MICROSOFT "I don’t know what made me decide that my life should always be about making love standing up in a hammock, but this is the way that my life has worked out." –– JERRY SANDERS, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES Beyond the media hype and mystique, the high-tech entrepreneurs of our time are just as human as the rest of us–even though they carefully guard their words and maintain their corporate images, making it almost impossible to get a real glimpse of the people behind the legends. Now, Betting It All takes you inside the minds of sixteen of the most famous industry titans–Scott McNealy, Bob Metcalfe, Carol Bartz, Philippe Kahn, and more–through a series of intimate and remarkably candid interviews. You’ll be the fly on the wall as these business leaders explore memories from childhood, their dreams, their inspirations, and their unwavering ambition to achieve their goals–no m
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"I realized I was willing to die for Java." –– KIM POLESE, MARIMBA "I was the opposite of a party animal. I had this thing where if I was signed up for a [college] class, I wouldn’t go to the class, ever." –– BILL GATES, MICROSOFT "I don’t know what made me decide that my life should always be about making love standing up in a hammock, but this is the way that my life has worked out." –– JERRY SANDERS, ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES Beyond the media hype and mystique, the high-tech entrepreneurs of our time are just as human as the rest of us–even though they carefully guard their words and maintain their corporate images, making it almost impossible to get a real glimpse of the people behind the legends. Now, Betting It All takes you inside the minds of sixteen of the most famous industry titans–Scott McNealy, Bob Metcalfe, Carol Bartz, Philippe Kahn, and more–through a series of intimate and remarkably candid interviews. You’ll be the fly on the wall as these business leaders explore memories from childhood, their dreams, their inspirations, and their unwavering ambition to achieve their goals–no m

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