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From Mainframes to Missteps
They called it Big Blue. Then they blew it.
IBM once held the keys to the digital kingdom. It built the systems that powered nations and outpaced every competitor. But in a twist of Silicon Valley fate, the tech giant that introduced the PC would lose it all—while a pair of college dropouts built empires in its shadow.
“From Mainframes to Missteps” dives deep into the fascinating fallibility of IBM—from its boardrooms to its backrooms, from hardware gods to PowerPoint gaffes. With sharp analysis and darkly comic insights, this is a tale of hubris, hard lessons, and hard drives.
A must-read for anyone who ever How can a company change the world… and still miss what’s coming next?
IBM once held the keys to the digital kingdom. It built the systems that powered nations and outpaced every competitor. But in a twist of Silicon Valley fate, the tech giant that introduced the PC would lose it all—while a pair of college dropouts built empires in its shadow.
“From Mainframes to Missteps” dives deep into the fascinating fallibility of IBM—from its boardrooms to its backrooms, from hardware gods to PowerPoint gaffes. With sharp analysis and darkly comic insights, this is a tale of hubris, hard lessons, and hard drives.
A must-read for anyone who ever How can a company change the world… and still miss what’s coming next?
352 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 14, 2025
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