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What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This title tells the story of how it came about.

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Idea Man by Paul Allen

What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This is the story of how it came about: two young mavericks who turned technology on its head, the bitter battles as each tried to stamp his vision on the future and the ruthless brilliance and fierce commitment.
Highly readable, refreshingly honest * Mail on Sunday *
A fascinating tale of the early days of the software industry * Financial Times *
A founding father of the modern information age. . provides a fascinating insight into the ironies of capitalism * The Times *
He, and a tiny club of others, literally invented the twenty-first century -- Bono
Riveting reading * Observer *
Paul Allen (1953-2018) was the billionaire technologist and philanthropist who cofounded Microsoft with Bill Gates in 1975. He was also the chairman of Vulcan Inc. and founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. During his life he owned various sports teams including the Seattle Seahawks, the Portland Trail Blazers and co-owned the Seattle Sounders pro soccer team. He lived on Mercer Island, Washington and died in 2018 from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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ISBN 13 9780241953716
ISBN 10 0241953715
Title Idea Man
Author Paul Allen
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2012-05-03
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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