The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison : *God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison

Mike Wilson

出版社

Collins

出版时间

2003-11-11

ISBN

9780060008765

评分

★★★★★
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Book Description

Larry Ellison started the high-flying tech company Oracle with $1,200 in 1977 and turned it into a billion-dollar Silicon Valley giant. If Bill Gates is the tech world's nerd king, Ellison is its Warren Beatty: racing yachts, buying jets, and romancing beautiful women. His rise to fame and fortune is a tale of entrepreneurial brilliance, ruthless tactics, and a constant stream of half-truths and outright fabrications for which the man and his company are notorious.

Investigative reporter Mike Wilson, with access to Ellison himself and more than 125 of his friends, enemies, and former Oracle employees, has created an eye-opening, utterly fascinating portrayal of a Silicon Valley success story ... filled with the stuff that dreams and cultural icons are made of.

About Author

Mike Wilson is an editor at the St. Petersburg Times and the author of the acclaimed Right on the Edge of Crazy: On Tour with the U.S. Ski Team. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Book Dimension:

length: (cm)20.3             width:(cm)13.7

迈克・威尔逊 迈克・威尔逊(Mike Wilson)是《圣彼得堡时报》(the st.Petersburg Times)的专栏作者、专事调查研究的记者。他常年为《the Miami Herad’s Tropic Magazine)撰写文章是《Right on the Edge of Crazy》一书的作者。现住佛罗里达州西部港市圣彼得堡。

精彩摘录
  • "一位早期加入Oracle公司的女性雇员这样评价埃里森:“拉里特别以自 我为中心,公司里每件事都围着他转,但他并不自私。”在 80年代中期,埃 里森请他的一位助手列出一份已经成为百万富翁的员工名单。当时有20~30 名。10年后,这个数字肯定要以百来计算了。 斯图尔特·菲金(Stuart Feigin)是 Oracle公司最早的几位员工之一, 是个程序设计员。1978年加入公司后,菲金购买了大量的股票,许多他还留 着。90 年代中期,他专门买了一个称为“Quicken”的个人财务程序,想用 它来管理自己的资产。但当时的Quicken有一个限制:其小数点左边只容许 7位有效数字,这对他来说无法使用"
  • "在职业介绍所里,埃里森翻开了独立生活的崭新一页,开始了他第一个 真正的浪漫故事。艾达·奎因在圣何塞州立大学主修中国史,她刚刚毕业就 遇见了埃里森。她说:“那时我们俩一见钟情。”奎因那时也在职业介绍所 工作,负责开票,同时在伯克莱分校攻读第二学位。 她认为,埃里森很有魅力,个子又高又瘦,虽然有点笨手笨脚,但一点 也不难看。他的鼻子不太直(打篮球补过几次),但特别有吸引力。他举止 有点特别,而最引人注目的是他的才智。他的注意力只能持续3秒钟,这就 是他掌握一种新思想所需要的全部时间。他思路特别活跃,总是早就想好了 下一步干什么。他同奎因一起,去他想玩的地方,看他想看的东西,学习他 想学的内容。她无"
用户评论
很好看,Ellison在人格缺陷方面跟乔布斯有很多相似,俩人也曾互称对方为最好的朋友。
Just finished the first three chapters. Perhaps the book was written so early (1990s) that some paragraphs might be politically incorrect in today's view. And that is why I love it.
大学选修课的教材,我至今还没有完全读完,但是读过的章节给我的提示就是:做一个创业者,尤其是一个成功的创业者,绝对需要larry那种不惜一切代价的passion和行事风格!
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