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Summary: TERRIFIC! Entertaining and Informative !
Review: I found the narrative style to be engaging, and the subject matter to be well thought out and researched. I've lived and conducted business in the Valley, and this book captures the vibe. I highly recommend it !
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Summary: An entertaining look at the history of Silicon Valley
Review: The Silicon Boys offers a much more entertaining and insightful look at Silicon Valley culture and history than some of the other books that have been written about this topic. Each of the stories it contains are filled with entertaining tidbits to maintain reader interest, while still offering a great deal of insight into some of the most successful people in the history of computing.
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Summary: provided an insight into the industry.
Review: i definately enjoyed this book. it's like a history book of Sillicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. and also provided an insight into the industry. was a page turner except for the MS part. it was so boring and i just skipped it.
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Summary: Read this book to understand today's Silicon Valley
Review: Blue Sky Dreams by David Beers is also an excellent book which describes how Silicon Valley came to be. Read both of these books, and you will have a good grasp of how California's high-tech job market came to be and where it's going.
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Summary: The story behind the things you take for granted
Review: I seem to take for granted too many of the items, companies and personalities that come out of Silicon Valley. This book is a fascinating history of the whole computer age, spending time focusing on Apple, Netscape, Larry Ellison, and the VC (venture capital) game. The author does seem to focus on the big mistakes that some of the companies have made and how they reacted.
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Summary: Superb overview
Review: This book is a must for understanding the nuances of the Valley. It is well written and colorful. I do wish more emphasis had been placed on how these leaders got and maintained their success, i.e., through their leadership abilities. I recommend another book along with this one that will go into the detail of how leaders become successful in whatever field they're in. It's on Amazon and it's called "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."
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Summary: Very entertaining and interesting
Review: Kaplan does an excellent job summarizing the explosive growth and environment in Silicon Valley. With as much history and stories that exist, it's nice to read about the most relevant, impactful, and interesting ones. This book contains some of the more well known stories about Silicon Valley personalities and also some new ones. Kaplan's discussions with and exposure to the very people he has written about offer more of an insider's perspective, yet he is so clearly not in this same league. The result is a refreshingly interesting book which both inspires and entertains.
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Summary: Hubris, Hype and HTML
Review: A very poignant view of Silicon Valley, describing the titans in beyond the WYSIWYG format. It traces the computer metamorphosis from mainframe to PC, from stand-alone to networking to the Internet. It shows what a combination of money and ego can do. It can be both positive and negative. This book is more dimensional and mesmerizing than "The Plot to Get Bill Gates" and "The Nudist on the Late Shift".
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Summary: The Silicon Boys Was Great!!!!
Review: I thought this book was great. It talks about the lifestyles of the nerds in silicon valley. Did you know Larry Ellison has 4 Acura NSX's and is looking to purchase a MiG. Did you know that John Doerr has a cell phone built into his Ski Helmet? Or how about the new house BilL Gates is building.
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Summary: a history book of silicon valley if that is what you want
Review: this is just a history book as far as I am concern. not too much in side stores, which is what i was hoping for. a good read if all you want is to get a history of silicon valley.
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