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David Fradin is the proud son of Hymie Fradin a very good humorist but grew up to be a Master Plumber. Being of French aristocracy descendence, Duke David somehow got letters his Dad wrote to his brother Morris during and after World War II. Hymie always wanted to be published and here Duke David is granting Hymie his wish.

David Fradin was a classically trained product manager at Hewlett-Packard during the 50 years that HP grew 20% a year. Apple recruited him to bring the first hard disk drive on a personal computer to market. He soon rose in Apple’s management ranks to the same level as Steve Jobs by heading the Apple /// product line and providing the profits that helped fund the development of the Macintosh. Since 1969 he has worked on ...more

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	Letters from My Hymie: A Little First-Person History of Immigration from Ukraine in 1914 to the New World, World War II, Disneyland, and Beyond 4.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Building Insanely Great Products: Some Products Fail, Many Succeed… This is their Story: Lessons from 47 years of experience including Hewlett-Packard, Apple, 75 products, and 11 startups later 3.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Organizational Structure Considerations

The key to overall company and product success is focusing the entire business on the customer and the customer’s experience. If done well, the profits will follow. How the organization is structured is key to that success.

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David Fradin made a comment on Noémie Media’s review of Letters from My Hymie: A Little First-Person History of Immigration from Ukraine in 1914 to the New World, World War II, Disneyland, and Beyond " Thanks for your kind and insightful review. "
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