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This work offers a summary of the book ""ALMOST PERFECT: How a Bunch of Regular Guys Built WordPerfect Corporation"" by W. E. Pete Peterson. In 1977 Bruce Bastian started writing a 3D computer software package while he was at university. Noticing his potential, his computer science Professor offered him a job to write a word processing software package. By 1980 Bastian, Ashton and Don Owens had launched their first software for general computers, and were making 400,000 in sales. By 1993 the first version of WordPerfect for Windows was launched and sales had risen to 533 million, whilst the

This work offers a summary of the book ""ANDY GROVE: The Life and Times of an American"" by Richard Tedlow. A wonderful summary of the rags to riches story by Richard Tedlow. The book describes Andy Grove's early childhood in wartorn Hungary, and how his departure along with thousands of other refugees landed him in America. From his humble beginnings his career led him to a central position in silicon valley working at Intel. From a young age Andy understood the value of getting an education and was determined to get one even if he could not afford the fees of more prominent institutions

This work offers a summary of ""Bad Boy Ballmer"" by Fredric Maxwell. Bill Gates is a name inextricably linked to Microsoft, and it always will be. What many people don't realize is that Steve Ballmer works so closely alongside him that they almost act as a single unit. ""Gates is the techie, the strategist, the commanderinchief, whilst Ballmer is the business guy, the tactician, the field marshal."" Although neither of his parents had the privilege of attending college, Steve Ballmer's parents always assumed he would. Fredric Maxwell describes Steve as ""the brightest of the bright. Everybod

This work offers a summary of ""Bargaining With The Devil"" By Robert Mnookin. In the business world, people and companies are often faced with conflict, and the emotions that surround these can make it hard to stand back and assess the best course of action. When should one just accept and move on, and when should one negotiate or go straight to warfare? With the coolminded rationale of a lawyer, Robert Mnookin creates a decisionmaking framework to assist in such situations. He first lays out three challenges which you must overcome before making a decision on when to negotiate: 1) Untangle

This work offers a summary of the book "FORD: The Men and the Machine" by Robert Lacey. "Bell and the telephone. Edison and the light bulb, the Wright brothers and the airplane. Henry Ford and his motorcar fit neatly into this familiar pantheon of American heroinventors - except that Henry Ford was not an inventor. Bell, Edison and the Wright brothers all personally devised the machines that made them famous, but Henry Ford's achievement was built on the work of others.'' In Ford: The Men and the Machine, Master biographer Robert Lacey tells the fascinating story of the men and women behind

This work offers a summary of the book "FUTURE WEALTH" by Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer. Stan Davis is a leading business thinker, public speaker and author. Christopher Meyer is the Director of the Ernst & Young Center For Business Innovation - a think tank which follows the challenges facing business. Mr. Meyer is also president of Bios GP Inc., an Ernst & Young company which applies complexity theory to business. He is widely considered an authority on the information economy and how it will impact on business. Stan Davis and Christopher Meyer explain in Future Wealth that a deep and

This work offers a summary of the book "FATHER, SON & CO.: My Life At IBM And Beyond" by Thomas J. Watson Jr. ''Always remember life is not as complex as many people would have you think. And the older you grow, the more you will realize that success and happiness depend on a very few things, such as vision, unselfishness, love, good character, good manners, real friendship and pride in your past achievements.'' (Thomas Watson Sr.) This book tells how Thomas Watson Sr. and his son, Thomas Watson Jr., together built one of the greatest business success stories of all time which changed the f