🪟 Microsoft Alumni

Insider perspectives from those who built their careers at Microsoft, offering lessons on technology, leadership, and life after one of tech's defining companies.

Joel on Software

by Joel Spolsky • 2004

One tester per two devs, specs before code, and informal user tests: rules for shipping software.

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🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 👔 Tech Management 🧪 Software Testing

Joel on Software 90%

One tester per two devs, specs before code, and informal user tests: rules for shipping software.

by Joel Spolsky 2004

4.13

3k+ ratings

🛠️ Software Craftsmanship 👔 Tech Management 🧪 Software Testing

Hard Drive

by James Wallace • 1992

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

4.12

2k+

🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship

Hard Drive 89%

The $50,000 operating system Gates bought and resold to IBM: the deal that built Microsoft.

by James Wallace 1992

4.12

2k+ ratings

🖥️ Pc Revolution 📋 Corporate Biography 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates

by Jennifer Edstrom • 1998

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

3.6

163

🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance

Barbarians Led by Bill Gates 89%

The browser war wasn't won by vision: it was won by weaponizing Windows against Netscape.

by Jennifer Edstrom 1998

3.6

163 ratings

🖥️ Software Business 🏢 Corporate History 📈 Market Dominance

Softwar

by Matthew Symonds • 2003

Oracle nearly died in 1990. Its founder's response: bet the company on an all-in internet gamble.

3.78

499

💾 Tech Industry History 🔄 Company Turnarounds 🚀 Software Entrepreneurship

Softwar 89%

Oracle nearly died in 1990. Its founder's response: bet the company on an all-in internet gamble.

by Matthew Symonds 2003

3.78

499 ratings

💾 Tech Industry History 🔄 Company Turnarounds 🚀 Software Entrepreneurship

Source Code

by Bill Gates • 2025

How card games, a high school mainframe, and a friend's death forged Microsoft's co-founder.

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🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💻 Personal Computing Origins 🎯 Obsession And Mastery

Source Code 89%

How card games, a high school mainframe, and a friend's death forged Microsoft's co-founder.

by Bill Gates 2025

4.15

15k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💻 Personal Computing Origins 🎯 Obsession And Mastery

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure

by Michael S. Collier • 2015

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

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☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure Summary

Microsoft Azure Essentials - Fundamentals of Azure 88%

Azure has hundreds of services. Your first deployment needs exactly five. Here's how they fit.

by Michael S. Collier 2015

3.78

146 ratings

☁️ Cloud Computing 🔷 Microsoft Azure 🌐 Public Cloud

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

by Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon Summary

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon 88%

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

by Steve Wozniak 2006

3.85

18k+ ratings

🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison*

by Mike Wilson • 1997

Larry Ellison sold databases. His real product was the legend of Larry Ellison.

3.93

436

🖥️ Silicon Valley History 💼 Tech Mogul Biographies 🥊 Corporate Rivalries

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison* Summary

The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison* 88%

Larry Ellison sold databases. His real product was the legend of Larry Ellison.

by Mike Wilson 1997

3.93

436 ratings

🖥️ Silicon Valley History 💼 Tech Mogul Biographies 🥊 Corporate Rivalries

Hackers

by Steven Levy • 1984

Before the garage, a creed of open access and hands-on tinkering drove the computer revolution.

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🖥️ Computer History 💻 Personal Computing ☮️ Tech Counterculture

Hackers 88%

Before the garage, a creed of open access and hands-on tinkering drove the computer revolution.

by Steven Levy 1984

4.16

9k+ ratings

🖥️ Computer History 💻 Personal Computing ☮️ Tech Counterculture

In the Plex

by Steven Levy • 2011

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

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🏢 Corporate History 🌐 Internet History ⚙️ Engineering Culture

In the Plex 88%

Inside Google: how two PhD students turned a search engine into the operating system of modern life.

by Steven Levy 2011

3.84

30k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate History 🌐 Internet History ⚙️ Engineering Culture

Return to the Little Kingdom

by Michael Moritz • 2009

A Los Altos garage, two unlikely partners, and the unfiltered early years of Apple.

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🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Startups 🏛️ Company Origin Stories

Return to the Little Kingdom 88%

A Los Altos garage, two unlikely partners, and the unfiltered early years of Apple.

by Michael Moritz 2009

4.00

1k+ ratings

🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Startups 🏛️ Company Origin Stories

Wise Guy

by Guy Kawasaki • 2019

He sold the world on the Macintosh. Then he found what's worth selling your life for.

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685

📘 Tech Memoirs 💻 Silicon Valley 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Wise Guy 88%

He sold the world on the Macintosh. Then he found what's worth selling your life for.

by Guy Kawasaki 2019

3.94

685 ratings

📘 Tech Memoirs 💻 Silicon Valley 🧳 Immigrant Experience

Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2

by Craig Zacker • 2012

From bare metal to a fully managed domain: the hands-on path to the 70-410 certification.

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146

📟 System Administration 📝 Exam Preparation 🏢 Microsoft Ecosystem

Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Summary

Exam Ref 70-410 Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 88%

From bare metal to a fully managed domain: the hands-on path to the 70-410 certification.

by Craig Zacker 2012

3.76

146 ratings

📟 System Administration 📝 Exam Preparation 🏢 Microsoft Ecosystem

After Steve

by Tripp Mickle • 2022

After Jobs, Tim Cook made Apple worth $3 trillion. Jony Ive watched its creative engine stall.

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🏢 Corporate Culture 📱 Big Tech ✏️ Design Thinking

After Steve 88%

After Jobs, Tim Cook made Apple worth $3 trillion. Jony Ive watched its creative engine stall.

by Tripp Mickle 2022

4.09

3k+ ratings

🏢 Corporate Culture 📱 Big Tech ✏️ Design Thinking

Just for Fun

by Linus Torvalds • 2001

A Finnish student created an operating system in his bedroom, then watched it swallow the world.

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🐧 Open Source 💻 Software Development 📜 Technology History

Just for Fun 88%

A Finnish student created an operating system in his bedroom, then watched it swallow the world.

by Linus Torvalds 2001

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5k+ ratings

🐧 Open Source 💻 Software Development 📜 Technology History

Hatching Twitter

by Nick Bilton • 2013

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

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19k+

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media

Hatching Twitter 88%

Four friends created Twitter. Then they systematically destroyed each other.

by Nick Bilton 2013

4.04

19k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley 📱 Social Media

The Road Ahead

by Bill Gates • 1995

In 1995, Bill Gates mapped the digital future: commerce, education, and homes that recognize you.

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4k+

🚀 Tech Futurism 🌐 Early Internet Predictions 🖥️ Personal Computing History

The Road Ahead 88%

In 1995, Bill Gates mapped the digital future: commerce, education, and homes that recognize you.

by Bill Gates 1995

3.74

4k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Futurism 🌐 Early Internet Predictions 🖥️ Personal Computing History

Windows PowerShell Cookbook

by Lee Holmes • 2007

No more text parsing. The object-oriented shell cookbook for reliable Windows scripting.

3.84

206

🐚 Shell Scripting 🪟 Windows Administration 📖 Scripting Cookbooks

Windows PowerShell Cookbook 87%

No more text parsing. The object-oriented shell cookbook for reliable Windows scripting.

by Lee Holmes 2007

3.84

206 ratings

🐚 Shell Scripting 🪟 Windows Administration 📖 Scripting Cookbooks

Introducing Microsoft Power BI

by Alberto Ferrari • 2016

Connect spreadsheets and databases to build live dashboards, then share them through Office apps.

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202

📊 Business Intelligence 📈 Data Analytics 🖥️ Microsoft Bi Tools

Introducing Microsoft Power BI 87%

Connect spreadsheets and databases to build live dashboards, then share them through Office apps.

by Alberto Ferrari 2016

3.97

202 ratings

📊 Business Intelligence 📈 Data Analytics 🖥️ Microsoft Bi Tools

The Accidental Billionaires

by Ben Mezrich • 2009

The $1,000 server payment and a 65/30 split that turned old friends into courtroom enemies.

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🏢 Startup Founding 💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley

The Accidental Billionaires 87%

The $1,000 server payment and a 65/30 split that turned old friends into courtroom enemies.

by Ben Mezrich 2009

3.59

17k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Founding 💻 Tech Startups 🌉 Silicon Valley

Steve Jobs

by Karen Blumenthal • 2012

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

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⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design

Steve Jobs 87%

Garage startup. Public firing. Decade in exile. The return that produced the iPod and iPhone.

by Karen Blumenthal 2012

3.95

7k+ ratings

⌨️ Computer History 💻 Tech Founders 🎨 Product Design

Masters of Doom

by David Kushner • 2003

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

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🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups

Masters of Doom 87%

Two coders, one lake house, and the game that turned office workers into after-hours warriors.

by David Kushner 2003

4.30

20k+ ratings

🎮 Video Game History 🕹️ Game Development 🚀 Tech Startups

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches

by Don Jones • 2011

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

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513

🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches Summary

Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches 87%

Stop navigating wizards. Fluency in the shell, fitted into the gaps in your calendar.

by Don Jones 2011

4.30

513 ratings

🖥️ Windows Administration ⚡ Powershell Scripting 💻 System Administration

Steve Jobs in Exile

by Geoffrey Cain • 2026

Apple fired him. His next company secretly built the web and later, its software rescued Apple.

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299

🖥️ Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley 🔄 Comeback Stories

Steve Jobs in Exile 87%

Apple fired him. His next company secretly built the web and later, its software rescued Apple.

by Geoffrey Cain 2026

4.43

299 ratings

🖥️ Tech History 🌉 Silicon Valley 🔄 Comeback Stories

iCon

by Jeffrey S. Young • 2005

Fired at thirty from Apple. Twelve years later, he returned to rescue it.

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11k+

🚀 Startup Stories 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Design Thinking

iCon 87%

Fired at thirty from Apple. Twelve years later, he returned to rescue it.

by Jeffrey S. Young 2005

4.06

11k+ ratings

🚀 Startup Stories 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Design Thinking

LET IT GO

by Stephanie Shirley • 2012

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

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👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories

LET IT GO 87%

A Kindertransport child grows up to build a women-only tech empire, then gives it all away.

by Stephanie Shirley 2012

4.26

827 ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Tech 🧳 Refugee Stories 🚂 Kindertransport Stories

How to Think Like Bill Gates

by Daniel Smith • 2015

Deploy the Gates analytical method: it built Microsoft, and now it fights malaria.

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275

🧑‍💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biographies 🏢 Corporate Leadership

How to Think Like Bill Gates 87%

Deploy the Gates analytical method: it built Microsoft, and now it fights malaria.

by Daniel Smith 2015

3.69

275 ratings

🧑‍💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Billionaire Biographies 🏢 Corporate Leadership

Chaos Monkeys

by Antonio García Martínez • 2016

He built Facebook's ad machine and walked away with the ugly truth about startup success.

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🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 🕵️ Insider Accounts

Chaos Monkeys 87%

He built Facebook's ad machine and walked away with the ugly truth about startup success.

by Antonio García Martínez 2016

3.71

14k+ ratings

🏙️ Silicon Valley 🚀 Startup Culture 🕵️ Insider Accounts

Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

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🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business

Shoe Dog 87%

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

by Phil Knight 2016

4.46

375k+ ratings

🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business

Without Their Permission

by Alexis Ohanian • 2013

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

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🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Without Their Permission 87%

A college project became a top-ten site. Why that path is open to everyone.

by Alexis Ohanian 2013

3.70

2k+ ratings

🚀 Tech Startups 🌐 Internet Culture 📖 Founder Memoir

Make Something Wonderful

by Steve Jobs • 2023

Steve Jobs in his own words: the real philosophy behind Apple, Pixar, and the black turtleneck.

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🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🎨 Product Design 📈 Corporate Turnarounds

Make Something Wonderful 87%

Steve Jobs in his own words: the real philosophy behind Apple, Pixar, and the black turtleneck.

by Steve Jobs 2023

4.48

2k+ ratings

🏞️ Silicon Valley History 🎨 Product Design 📈 Corporate Turnarounds

Google It

by Anna Crowley Redding • 2018

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

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617

🏢 Tech Company History 🌉 Silicon Valley Startups 🌐 Internet History

Google It 87%

Two Stanford students, a garage, and an algorithm that ranked the entire web by importance.

by Anna Crowley Redding 2018

4.00

617 ratings

🏢 Tech Company History 🌉 Silicon Valley Startups 🌐 Internet History

The Year Without Pants

by Scott Berkun • 2013

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

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📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The Year Without Pants 87%

From Microsoft to a pants-optional company: what a year without an office teaches about work.

by Scott Berkun 2013

3.81

3k+ ratings

📡 Remote Work 🏢 Organizational Culture 💬 Asynchronous Communication

The New New Thing

by Michael Lewis • 1999

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

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💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital

The New New Thing 87%

The dot-com boom had a human fuse: a man addicted not to money, but to the next disruption.

by Michael Lewis 1999

3.76

10k+ ratings

💻 Silicon Valley History 🚀 Tech Entrepreneurship 💰 Venture Capital

To Pixar and Beyond

by Lawrence Levy • 2016

Goldman Sachs rejected Pixar. Its CFO took a different road to a billion-dollar IPO.

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🎬 Animation Industry 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Art Vs Commerce

To Pixar and Beyond 87%

Goldman Sachs rejected Pixar. Its CFO took a different road to a billion-dollar IPO.

by Lawrence Levy 2016

4.24

8k+ ratings

🎬 Animation Industry 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 🎨 Art Vs Commerce

The Innovators

by Walter Isaacson • 2011

Collaboration, not solitary genius, built the computer. The human story of the digital revolution.

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🖥️ Computing History 🌉 Silicon Valley Origins 🤝 Collective Invention

The Innovators 87%

Collaboration, not solitary genius, built the computer. The human story of the digital revolution.

by Walter Isaacson 2011

4.12

40k+ ratings

🖥️ Computing History 🌉 Silicon Valley Origins 🤝 Collective Invention

Coders at Work

by Peter Seibel • 2009

Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.

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🧑‍💻 Software Engineering 🎙️ Developer Interviews 🔨 Craft Of Programming

Coders at Work 87%

Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.

by Peter Seibel 2009

3.95

5k+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Software Engineering 🎙️ Developer Interviews 🔨 Craft Of Programming

Founders at Work

by Jessica Livingston • 2001

Thirty founders on the server crashes, empty accounts, and obsession that built their companies.

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🏢 Startup Stories 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎙️ Founder Interviews

Founders at Work 87%

Thirty founders on the server crashes, empty accounts, and obsession that built their companies.

by Jessica Livingston 2001

4.03

38k+ ratings

🏢 Startup Stories 💻 Tech Entrepreneurship 🎙️ Founder Interviews

Start Small, Stay Small

by Rob Walling • 2010

Stop building products for everyone. Pick a niche, build an audience, and market before you code.

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💰 Bootstrapping 🎯 Niche Markets 🚀 Lean Startup

Start Small, Stay Small 87%

Stop building products for everyone. Pick a niche, build an audience, and market before you code.

by Rob Walling 2010

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2k+ ratings

💰 Bootstrapping 🎯 Niche Markets 🚀 Lean Startup

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King

by Anupreeta Das • 2024

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

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441

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King Summary

Billionaire, Nerd, Saviour, King 87%

From monopolist to saint: Bill Gates's image was manufactured. His hidden empire was not.

by Anupreeta Das 2024

3.01

441 ratings

💻 Big Tech 💰 Billionaire Critique ⚖️ Wealth Inequality

Tribe of Hackers

by Marcus J. Carey • 2019

The cybersecurity insight too many ignore: secure your people, not just your network.

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262

👤 Human Element 🔐 Security Fundamentals 🌐 Community Building

Tribe of Hackers 87%

The cybersecurity insight too many ignore: secure your people, not just your network.

by Marcus J. Carey 2019

3.90

262 ratings

👤 Human Element 🔐 Security Fundamentals 🌐 Community Building

Becoming Steve Jobs

by Brent Schlender • 2015

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

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📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History

Becoming Steve Jobs 87%

Steve Jobs was not born a visionary. His twelve years outside Apple made him one.

by Brent Schlender 2015

4.15

17k+ ratings

📚 Founder Biographies 🔄 Corporate Turnarounds 💻 Silicon Valley History

The Second Coming of Steve Jobs

by Alan Deutschman • 2000

Fired at thirty, Jobs failed a decade before returning to remake the company that rejected him.

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🔄 Tech Turnarounds 🌉 Silicon Valley 🎭 Second Acts

The Second Coming of Steve Jobs 87%

Fired at thirty, Jobs failed a decade before returning to remake the company that rejected him.

by Alan Deutschman 2000

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3k+ ratings

🔄 Tech Turnarounds 🌉 Silicon Valley 🎭 Second Acts

Good Power

by Ginni Rometty • 2023

Turning a century-old company taught her power works best when given away. Here is how.

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👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir

Good Power 87%

Turning a century-old company taught her power works best when given away. Here is how.

by Ginni Rometty 2023

3.95

1k+ ratings

👩‍💼 Women In Leadership 🛡️ Stewardship Leadership 📖 Business Memoir

Losing the Signal

by Jacquie McNish • 2015

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

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📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry

Losing the Signal 87%

BlackBerry invented mobile email, built an $80 billion empire. The iPhone killed it in four years.

by Jacquie McNish 2015

3.98

5k+ ratings

📉 Corporate Collapse 🔀 Disruptive Innovation 💻 Tech Industry

Effective Programming

by Jeff Atwood • 2012

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

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🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design

Effective Programming 87%

Syntax lands the job. Everything else—teams, users, security—is what actually keeps it.

by Jeff Atwood 2012

3.91

931 ratings

🧱 Software Craftsmanship 🖥️ User Experience Design 🔒 Security-First Design

Burn Book

by Kara Swisher • 2024

Decades interrogating tech's most powerful men, and the one question none of them could answer.

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🧪 Silicon Valley Culture 📔 Tech Industry Memoir 🖥️ Digital Journalism

Burn Book 87%

Decades interrogating tech's most powerful men, and the one question none of them could answer.

by Kara Swisher 2024

3.94

16k+ ratings

🧪 Silicon Valley Culture 📔 Tech Industry Memoir 🖥️ Digital Journalism

Amazon Unbound

by Brad Stone • 2021

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

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🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture

Amazon Unbound 87%

Amazon's second act produced AWS, Alexa, and a $1.7 trillion empire, but the backlash had begun.

by Brad Stone 2021

4.07

7k+ ratings

🏢 Big Tech 📜 Corporate History 💼 Workplace Culture

Hot Seat

by Jeff Immelt • 2021

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

3.97

898

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs

Hot Seat 87%

Inheriting an icon, he faced 9/11, a financial meltdown, and the shadow of his predecessor.

by Jeff Immelt 2021

3.97

898 ratings

🏢 Corporate Leadership 🌪️ Crisis Management 🪑 CEO Memoirs

The Steve Jobs Way

by Jay Elliot • 2009

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

3.87

5k+

🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation

The Steve Jobs Way 87%

Apple insider reveals the product and talent rules that built the world's most valuable company.

by Jay Elliot 2009

3.87

5k+ ratings

🛠️ Product Development 🎨 Design Thinking 💥 Disruptive Innovation

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