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At Work Interviews
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Description edit
For would-be entrepreneurs, innovation managers or just anyone fascinated by the special chemistry and drive that created some of the best technology companies in the world, this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights—straight from the source. — Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
People edit
- Max Levchin: of PayPal
- Sabeer Bhatia: of Hotmail
- Steve Wozniak: of Apple Computer
- Joe Kraus: of Excite
- Dan Bricklin: of Software Arts
- Mitchell Kapor: of Lotus Development
- Ray Ozzie: of Iris Associates and Groove Networks
- Evan Williams: of Pyra Labs (Blogger.com)
- Tim Brady: of Yahoo!
- Mike Lazaridis: of Research In Motion
- Arthur Van Hoff: of Marimba
- Paul Buchheit: of Gmail
- Steve Perlman: of WebTV
- Mike Ramsay: of TiVo
- Paul Graham: of Viaweb
- Joshua Schachter: of del.ico.us
- Mark Fletcher: of ONElist and Bloglines
- Craig Newmark: of craigslist
- Caterina Fake: of Flickr
- Brewster Kahle: of WAIS, Internet Archive, and Alexa Internet
- Charles Geschke: of Adobe Systems
- Ann Winblad: of Open Systems and Hummer Winblad
- David Heinemeier Hansson: of 37signals
- Philip Greenspun: of ArsDigita
- Joel Spolsky: of Fog Creek Software
- Stephen Kaufer: of TripAdvisor
- James Hong: of HOT or NOT
- James Currier: of Tickle
- Blake Ross: of Firefox
- Mena Trott: of Six Apart
- Bob Davis: of Lycos
- Ron Gruner: of Alliant Computer Systems and Shareholder.com
- Livingston: Add a description of this character.
- Jim
- John
- Peter
- Jerry
- Dave
- Robert
- Steve Jobs
- Mike Markkula
- Stewart
- Ben Rosen
- Alexa
- Viaweb
- Doug
- Vinod
- Bruce
- Pyra
- Bill Gates
- Jack
- Kim
- Sachs
- Trevor
- Barak
- Fred
Quotes edit
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“It's not impossible, in particular if you are a loner and introverted type, but it's still really hard”
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“Whoever built it first would win the market”
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- California
- Silicon Valley
- Mozilla
- Boston
- Stanford
- San Francisco
- Japan
- Cambridge
- Basecamp
- Flickr
- Massachusetts
- West Coast
- Amazon
- East Coast
- United States
- Expedia
- Palo Alto
- Palm Pilot
- Pittsburgh
- Maui
- Tokyo
- Mountain View
- America
- Canada
- Berkeley
- Wall Street Journal
- Carnegie Mellon
- India
- Macintosh
- Bloglines
- Harvard
- Hollywood
First Sentence edit
Apparently sprinters reach their highest speed right out of the blocks, and spend the rest of the race slowing down.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in At Work Interviews. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Jessica Livingston (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Apress
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 26, 2007
ISBN: 9781590597149
Page Count: 500
Publisher: Apress
Country: USA
Publication Date: January 26, 2007
ISBN: 9781590597149
Page Count: 500
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 658.11
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