Commodore The Inside Story by David Pleasance

Commodore The Inside Story by David Pleasance

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Commodore The Inside Story by David Pleasance

Commodore the Inside Story contains David's personal stories and experiences gathered from over a decade at the company in senior positions all over the globe. It also gather insights from other senior management and engineering employees, suppliers and fans of this former giant of home computing. Commodore the Inside Story exposes the naked truth of how mostly through gross mismanagement Commodore went from being a $1 Billion company into bankruptcy. Forward by Trevor Dickinson – Co Founder of A-EON Technology Ltd. Chapters from the Author David J. Pleasance and many significant Commodore employees, including Dave Haynie, RJ Mical, Gail Wellington, Beth Richard, Dr. Peter Kittel, Wim Meulders and many more.
David John Pleasance has led an incredible life having travelled extensively living and working in Australia, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, USA and of course his native UK. In his 20’s he was a professional Flamenco guitarist appearing on Television and playing extensive concerts theatres and cabaret. With a change of career he chose Sales and Marketing and in 1983 joined Commodore just after they launched the Commodore 64. He was incredibly successful with marketing and (personally) selling an estimated 2.2 million home computers. He was certainly one of the longest serving executives in Commodore with over 12 years at senior International level.
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ISBN 13 9781913491659
ISBN 10 191349165X
Title Commodore The Inside Story
Author David Pleasance
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Unicorn Publishing Group
Year published 2021-07-12
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.