For anyone asking ‘Who are these People?’ this book look at a new breed of businessmen – the geeky, cerebral bosses who have come to the fore with the high-tech revolution. The book examines the current rash of success in the high-tech industry with ARM and Psion in the FTSE100, the emergence of the ‘Cambridge Phenomenon’, and the continuing careers of the industry knights – Sinclair and Sugar. The book has in-depth interviews with such people as Robin Saxby, chairman and CEO of ARM, David Potter, chairman and CEO of Psion, Malcolm Miller, managing director of Pace Microtechnology, Dr Hermann Hauser the venture capitalist, founder of Acorn , Virata, and many other companies, and Dick Skipworth, founder and chairman of the UK distribution chain Memec. It looks at the frequent mishaps they encountered and how they individually coped with those both as people and as businessmen. The insights show how these high-tech leaders differ from traditional business people in their attitudes to their industry, their markets, their workforces and to personal measures of success. The attitudes of them and others like them, have changed the way businesses operate. The book has two aims – to answer the question: ‘Who are these people?’ and to be a help for all those in engineering colleges and universities who aspire to be entrepreneurs, inventors, executives and technologists in the high-tech industry.
Book Details:
- Author: Christopher Langdon
- ISBN: 9780470322604
- Year Published: 2001
- Pages: 288
- BISAC: BUS000000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/General
About the Book and Topic:
For anyone asking ‘Who are these People?’ this book look at a new breed of businessmen – the geeky, cerebral bosses who have come to the fore with the high-tech revolution. The book examines the current rash of success in the high-tech industry with ARM and Psion in the FTSE100, the emergence of the ‘Cambridge Phenomenon’, and the continuing careers of the industry knights – Sinclair and Sugar. The book has in-depth interviews with such people as Robin Saxby, chairman and CEO of ARM, David Potter, chairman and CEO of Psion, Malcolm Miller, managing director of Pace Microtechnology, Dr Hermann Hauser the venture capitalist, founder of Acorn , Virata, and many other companies, and Dick Skipworth, founder and chairman of the UK distribution chain Memec. It looks at the frequent mishaps they encountered and how they individually coped with those both as people and as businessmen. The insights show how these high-tech leaders differ from traditional business people in their attitudes to their industry, their markets, their workforces and to personal measures of success. The attitudes of them and others like them, have changed the way businesses operate. The book has two aims – to answer the question: ‘Who are these people?’ and to be a help for all those in engineering colleges and universities who aspire to be entrepreneurs, inventors, executives and technologists in the high-tech industry.
There are limited titles currently on the market which explore the inspiration and motivation of those who have created the most successful companies and ventures using the internet and new technologies such as e-mail.This book will fulfil the current market hunger for case studies and personal profiles of the most successful e-business millionaires and entrepreneurs, the reasons behind their strategies and the secrets of their success in this age of new technology. The book will complement existing Wiley titles which concentrate more on the new technologies themselves and practical ways in which to harness them for your company’s advantage and success.
There is currently a resurgence in interest in the high-tech industry, particularly with the high media profile of the so-called ‘New-media’ industry and ‘dot-com’ start-up companies. The success stories told in this book will be an inspiration to others and satisfy the growing interest in the relatively unknown world of the new technology and e-entrepreneurs. * The book has two aims–to answer the question: ‘Who are these people?’ and to be a help for all those in engineering colleges and universities who aspire to be entrepreneurs, inventors, executives and technologists in the high-tech industry.