Forbes Greatest Technology Stories: Inspiring Tales of the Entrepreneurs and Inventors Who Revolutionized Modern Business

by Jeffrey S. Young

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,
* 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
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Fast-talking hippie-entrepreneur Steve Jobs and engineering genius Steve Wozniak-how they went from penniless "wireheads" to high-tech multimillionaires overnight
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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
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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.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Science

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 1998

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Billed as "inspiring tales of the entrepreneurs and inventors who revolutionised modern business", this is an excellent book containing a dozen such stories, including William Shockley's transistors, the rise of IBM and the birth of Intel. Each chapter can be read on its own, as each of these are wonderful stories in their own right. The book continues, describing the rise to stardom of the Apple Computer, cell phones and the Internet. A fascinating and very readable book for anyone interested in the technological steps that have led us to where we are today.

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book really inspired me to start my own business. Reading about how the great technology companies of our day got their start made me realize that anyone can start their own company, it's just a matter of strategy, dedication and execution.