The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams
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Author: David Kaplan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
California was born on gold 150 years ago. Now Silicon Valley, California, USA, is the Wild West of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a vein of gold: anyone can reach down into it, get lucky and get rich. The new frontier is cyberspace and the new gold is silicon. Mix together obsessed engineers, marketeers, venture capitalists and even a lawyer or two with nobody in charge except rampant capitalism and you get The Silicon Boys. Here are the stories of 'The Woz', Bill Gates and others who set up companies worth billions of dollars that became household names: Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. They behaved like cowboys, running roughshod over anyone who stood in their way. Meet the venture capitalists who adopted the philosophy that you can only lose your money once, but you can also borrow again to make a return of 1000 times your investment. Discover the mistake that cost IBM $100 billion and got Bill Gates started. And how did Oracle start in 1977 with just $2000 to be worth $35 billion today? What of the many who didn't make it? The Silicon Boys is a daring and revealing exploration of the real Silicon Valley, and those that made it.
Author: David Kaplan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
California was born on gold 150 years ago. Now Silicon Valley, California, USA, is the Wild West of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a vein of gold: anyone can reach down into it, get lucky and get rich. The new frontier is cyberspace and the new gold is silicon. Mix together obsessed engineers, marketeers, venture capitalists and even a lawyer or two with nobody in charge except rampant capitalism and you get The Silicon Boys. Here are the stories of 'The Woz', Bill Gates and others who set up companies worth billions of dollars that became household names: Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. They behaved like cowboys, running roughshod over anyone who stood in their way. Meet the venture capitalists who adopted the philosophy that you can only lose your money once, but you can also borrow again to make a return of 1000 times your investment. Discover the mistake that cost IBM $100 billion and got Bill Gates started. And how did Oracle start in 1977 with just $2000 to be worth $35 billion today? What of the many who didn't make it? The Silicon Boys is a daring and revealing exploration of the real Silicon Valley, and those that made it.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: David Kaplan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
California was born on gold 150 years ago. Now Silicon Valley, California, USA, is the Wild West of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a vein of gold: anyone can reach down into it, get lucky and get rich. The new frontier is cyberspace and the new gold is silicon. Mix together obsessed engineers, marketeers, venture capitalists and even a lawyer or two with nobody in charge except rampant capitalism and you get The Silicon Boys. Here are the stories of 'The Woz', Bill Gates and others who set up companies worth billions of dollars that became household names: Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. They behaved like cowboys, running roughshod over anyone who stood in their way. Meet the venture capitalists who adopted the philosophy that you can only lose your money once, but you can also borrow again to make a return of 1000 times your investment. Discover the mistake that cost IBM $100 billion and got Bill Gates started. And how did Oracle start in 1977 with just $2000 to be worth $35 billion today? What of the many who didn't make it? The Silicon Boys is a daring and revealing exploration of the real Silicon Valley, and those that made it.
Author: David Kaplan
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 368
California was born on gold 150 years ago. Now Silicon Valley, California, USA, is the Wild West of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a vein of gold: anyone can reach down into it, get lucky and get rich. The new frontier is cyberspace and the new gold is silicon. Mix together obsessed engineers, marketeers, venture capitalists and even a lawyer or two with nobody in charge except rampant capitalism and you get The Silicon Boys. Here are the stories of 'The Woz', Bill Gates and others who set up companies worth billions of dollars that became household names: Apple, Microsoft, Intel and Oracle. They behaved like cowboys, running roughshod over anyone who stood in their way. Meet the venture capitalists who adopted the philosophy that you can only lose your money once, but you can also borrow again to make a return of 1000 times your investment. Discover the mistake that cost IBM $100 billion and got Bill Gates started. And how did Oracle start in 1977 with just $2000 to be worth $35 billion today? What of the many who didn't make it? The Silicon Boys is a daring and revealing exploration of the real Silicon Valley, and those that made it.
The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams