Idea Man
A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Published:3rd May '12
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
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 *
ISBN: 9780241953716
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 23mm
Weight: 269g
384 pages