Bill and Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
by Michael S. Malone
$8.45 At Amazon
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Portfolio Trade March 25, 2008
ISBN-10: 1591841879
ASIN: B001G8WMHO
Product Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Product Review
“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.” —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.” —The Washington Post
“Malone has produced a biography, management guidebook, and business history, all in one.” —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
Product Description
Others have written about the rise of Hewlett-Packard, including Dave Packard himself in The HP Way. But acclaimed journalist Michael S. Malone is the first to get the full story, based on exclusive access to corporate and private archives, along with hundreds of interviews.
Malone draws on his new material to show how some of the most influential products of our time were invented and how a culture of innovation led HP to unparalleled success for decades.
He also shows what was really behind the HP Way—the groundbreaking management philosophy that put people ahead of products or profits. It was a hard-nosed business philosophy that created a ferociously competitive and adaptive company—arguably the world’s greatest company.
