I write often about Intel and in particular is spectacular rise and fall. I have explained that Intel under the leadership of Andy Grove, recognized the opportunity of the Personal Computer and brilliantly exploited it. That as act two for Intel which had originally focused on memory devices. The PC opportunity in which Intel played … Continue reading
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Was the Personal Computer Industry Inevitable?
While writing my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, I couldn’t help but speculate on alternative realities. So much of one’s life is driven by random events. So it was easy for me to imagine how things could have unfolded differently. One of the possibilities that intrigued me was derived from the significant shift … Continue reading
Fun interview that may get me into trouble
Over the last month, I have been doing many interviews to help promote my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, published on September 1st. One of my favorite interviews was . It is long but lots of fun. Most of my interviews have been enjoyable, but this one has a super amount of energy … Continue reading
Rereading Only the Paranoid Survive
At the suggestion of my friend, David Yoffie, I reread Andy Grove’s book, Only the Paranoid Survive, written in 1996 and I am glad I did. David, who is a professor at Harvard’s business school, served on the Intel Board of directors for almost 29 years leaving in May of 2018. David visits Israel several … Continue reading
The Andy Grove I knew
Yesterday, Andy Grove died. Frankly, I am still processing that. I first met Andy in 1982 at the PC Forum. Andy was 46 and I was 37. The next time I met him was in 1984 when I was interviewing for a position at Intel. I would be reporting to Les Vadasz, who, like Andy, … Continue reading
Andy Grove: Only half right
Andy wrote an article about job creation or the lack of said recently. I think Andy is totally right that f high tech start ups are not the answer to domestic job creation. Large scale job creation for high tech can only happen if there is local manufacturing and I do not see that in the world we now live in. But I was shocked that Andy, felt that taxing products that contained outside labor was a good idea. It is an awful idea in my opinion. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 