“The best account so far of the lives of the two men who started Silicon Valley and created many of its lasting traditions and institutions.”
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San Jose Mercury News “Malone delivers an abundance of depth and detail in a thoroughly readable manner … his account of the two tech titans and the world they made has a fresh feel throughout.”
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The Washington Post “Malone has produced a biography, management guidebook, and business history, all in one.”
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BusinessWeek “Malone does the legacy of Hewlett and Packard a great service with this book. I hope it inspires a whole new generation of entrepreneurs to rise to the standards set by these two remarkable leaders.”
—Jim Collins, author,
Good to Great
Customer Reviews & Comments
This provided me a thorough coverage of the backgrounds and personalities of Bill Hewlett and David Packard, the history of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and the context within which the management philosophy known as the "HP Way" evolved. However, I noted some factual errors, most significantly that the development and commercialization of HP's thermal ink jet printer business was led by the Corvallis and Vancouver sites, not Dick Hackborn and the Boise site as described here. I don't know whether the author was misled by his sources or blind-sided by his own biases, some of which seem obvious. Overall, I found this a valuable source of insight to help me better understand the company I have had the privilege of working for over nearly 30 years.
