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    Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book)
    Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book)
    Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book)
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    Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Michael Malone's book: "Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World’s Greatest Company".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Malone's book "Bill & Dave" tells the story of how Hewlett and Packard built one of the world’s greatest companies. In his book, the author reveals all about their lives and how they met before starting the company in 1939. This summary provides readers with an insight into the best pratices and management techniques of the global company and the impact the company has had on the world.

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    To learn more, read "Bill & Dave" and discover the story behind the world's biggest technology company, Hewlett-Packard.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateFeb 15, 2013
    ISBN9782806222763
    Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book)

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      Bill & Dave (Review and Analysis of Malone's Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: Bill & Dave by Michael Malone

      Summary of Bill & Dave (Michael Malone)

      About the Author

      MICHAEL MALONE is a technology journalist. He is the former editor of Forbes ASAP and is currently a Web journalist for ABC. He has also written feature articles which have been published in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Wired and Fast Company magazines. He is the author of four books: The Big Score, The Virtual Corporation, Infinite Loop and Intellectual Capital.

      Important Note About This Ebook

      This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.

      Friends first, partners later

      From a modern business history perspective, the first meeting between Bill Hewlett and David Packard could best be described as momentous. It actually took place in the autumn of 1930 in a casual setting – both men attended the annual tryouts for the Stanford University football team.

      David Packard was a six foot five freshman from Colorado who was a natural athlete. As well as being one of the rising stars of Stanford’s brand new electronics department, Packard would not only get selected for the football team but he would also play for Stanford’s basketball team and become a key member of the University’s track team.

      By contrast, Bill Hewlett was short and stocky. What he lacked in natural ability he tried to make up for with his enthusiasm and commitment. Hewlett was lucky to even be at Stanford at all having been admitted on the strength of his family connections more than his grades. In fact, it wouldn’t be until nearly three decades later that he would be accurately diagnosed as having severe dyslexia – which finally explained why he was so good at listening to other people talk but lousy at reading. Hewlett missed out on making the football team.

      Although Bill and Dave met on the football field, they didn’t immediately become good friends. Both were busy earning their undergraduate degrees in engineering so they often ended up in many of the same classes and seminars, but it wasn’t until their junior year at Stanford that they really struck up a friendship around their shared

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