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FORBES GREATEST TECHNOLOGY STORIES
INSPIRING TALES OF THE ENTREPRENEURS AND INVENTORS WHO REVOLUTIONIZED MODERN BUSINESS |
| By: |
Jeffrey S. Young |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£26.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0471243744 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780471243748 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
12 October, 1998 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Backed by Forbes' excellence both in reporting as well as in writing, this book follows on the success of the blockbuster Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time to bring readers another series of remarkable stories-this time, focusing on business technology. |
| Synopsis: |
Here is the fascinating story of the making of the high-tech business revolution and the birth of the Digital Age. Journalist Jeffrey Young chronicles six decades of unbridled technological innovation, taking you inside today's business empires and introducing you to the dreamers, the schemers, the entrepreneurs, and the inventors who built them, including: Millionaire-playboy turned visionary-CEO Thomas Watson, Jr.-how he helped pioneer the business computing industry in the early 1950s and made IBM its undisputed master for the next three decades Fast-talking hippie-entrepreneur Steve Jobs and engineering genius Steve Wozniak-how they went from penniless "wireheads" to high-tech multimillionaires overnight Bill Gates-whose talent for turning other people's creative innovations into his own marketplace success was at the heart of Microsoft's brilliant strategy-a tactic Gates perfected at a very tender age How a handful of visionaries turned a Cold War communications system into the global phenomenon called the Internet Packed with all the excitement of scientific discovery and nail-biting suspense of entrepreneurial brinksmanship, Forbes Greatest Technology Stories is must reading for every business professional.Forbes (r) is a registered trademark of Forbes Inc. Its use is pursuant to a license agreement with forbes Inc. |
| Illustrations: |
facsimiles, portraits |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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