Business @ the speed of thought
by Bill Gates, Collins Hemingway · first published 1999
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In his new book, Microsoft chairman and CEO Bill Gates discusses how technology can help run businesses better today and how it will transform the nature of business in the near future. Gates stresses the need for managers to view technology not as overhead but as a strategic asset, and offers detailed examples from Microsoft, GM, Dell, and many other successful companies. Companion Web site.
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…my head: Nineteen Eighty-Four - George Orwell Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury The Game - Neil Strauss The Fountainhead - Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank Business @ The Speed of Thought - Bill Gates The Art of the Start - Guy Kawasaki
on “What is the book that has completely changed your way of thinking?” ↗I'd add Business @ The Speed of Thought by Bill Gates. Yeah, yeah, go ahead and laugh if you want.... It's a seriously interesting book. And this is coming from a guy who's a huge F/OSS ideologue and who really isn't a fan of Microsoft…
on “Books for people in the software business” ↗Apparently not, but I personally am a huge fan of Business @ The Speed Of Thought. Even though I'm not a huge Gates fan, and definitely not a Microsoft fan, there's no question that Gates hit on some good stuff in that book. And amazingly, as old as it is, I'd argue that most businesses…
on “Bill Gates's Favorite Business Book” ↗Have managers at every level read Business @ The Speed of Thought by Bill Gates.
on “Ask HN: How can a company build the culture of embracing criticism?” ↗…Blunden 16. The Philip K. Dick Reader 17. The Cuckoo's Egg - Clifford Stoll 18. The Prince - Niccolò Machiavelli 19. The 48 Laws of Power - Robert Greene 20. The Atrocity Archives - Charles Stross 21. Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System - Bill Gates
on “Ask HN: What are some must read books for computer programmers?” ↗…last 24 hours or so (time is starting to become a fuzzy concept to me here). Then I read The Facebook Effect[7] which I just finished up a few minutes ago, and now I'm starting to re-read Bill Gates' Business @ The Speed of Thought[8]. Once I finish that, I'm hoping to find time to squeeze in The Art of Enterprise Information Architecture[9] and - if things go smashingly well - Complexity - A Guided Tour[10]. 1: http://shindig.apache.org…
on “Ask HN: What are you working on over the winter break?” ↗1999: Bill Gates publishes his book "Business @ the Speed of Thought" 2000: Microsoft ordered to breakup by US Dept of Justice 2021: Bill Gates publishes book "How to Avoid Climate Disaster" Late 2021: Divorce, affairs, and Epstein One key question when opening any…
on “Bill Gates Uses Money to Shape the Media” ↗Its an old book. But has a lot of interesting aspects. Business @ The Speed Of Thought By Bill Gates and Collins Hemingway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_@_the_Speed_of_Though...
on “Ask HN: What good books have you read in 2016?” ↗It's not Business @ the Speed of Thought???
on “Bill Gates's Favorite Business Book” ↗