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What Reed Hastings and Elon Musk Have in Common: They Both Got Fired
Two of the most successful CEOs in tech history were pushed out of companies they built. I keep coming back...
Scott McNealy: The CEO Who Led Sun Microsystems for 22 Years and Never Backed Down
I have been writing about Sun Microsystems for a while now — the company that gave the world Java, coined...
How Tesla Started as Martin Eberhard's Dream Before Elon Musk Took Over
I was at a conference last month and during a hallway chat someone said, completely casually, “well of course Musk...
Steve Jobs: The Man Who Got Fired From Apple and Came Back to Build the Most Valuable Company on Earth
I was watching an old Steve Jobs interview on YouTube the other night – the one where he is barefoot...
The Women of Early Silicon Valley Nobody Talks About
I was fixing a leaky faucet over the weekend – one of those jobs where you lie on your back...
How Steve Wozniak Built the Apple I in a Garage for $1,300
I have written about the garage myth before – the romanticized idea that every great tech company started with two...
Nobody Remembers the Second Founder
Quick quiz. Who co-founded Netflix with Reed Hastings? Who co-founded Tesla before Elon Musk invested? Who co-founded X.com alongside Musk?...
The Best Business Advice Is Three Words Long
After reading biographies of Elon Musk, Reed Hastings, Andy Grove, the PayPal Mafia, and a dozen other founders, I keep...
