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A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft
Paul Allen
ISBN: 9780241953716
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This title tells the story of how it came about.
What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This is the story of how it came about: two young mavericks who turned technology on its head; the bitter battles as each tried to stamp his vision on the future; and, the ruthless brilliance and fierce commitment. And finally, Allen's extraordinary step in walking away from it all to discover what it is you do after you've already changed the world...
| ISBN | 0241953715 | | Pages | 368 | | ISBN13 | 9780241953716
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 269 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 03 May 2012 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 338.7610053092 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | |
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Highly readable, refreshingly honest Mail on Sunday A fascinating tale of the early days of the software industry Financial Times A founding father of the modern information age ... provides a fascinating insight into the ironies of capitalism The Times He, and a tiny club of others, literally invented the twenty-first century -- Bono Riveting reading Observer  Be the first to write a customer review
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