Architects of the Business Revolution is a journey through the remarkable new territory of e-business and the new economy. Dearlove and Coomber identify the entrepreneurs, radicals and thinkers who have made the greatest contribution to this new world. From wunderkinds like Marc Andreessen and Sabheer Bhatia and rocket scientists like Tim Berners-Lee and Vinton Cerf to visionaries like Don Tapscott and Esther Dyson and business engineers like Scott McNealy and Jim Clark, these are the guys and girls you have to know about. Beyond the individuals themselves, Dearlove and Coomber take ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers.
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"...the style is generally witty, readable and up-to-date..." (Sunday Business Post, 4th February 2001)
"The authors put ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers." (Computer Weekly, 22nd March 2001)
"An interesting read...." (Freelance Informer, 20th April 20
"The book is written in a refreshingly non-technical style, which is a welcome change from the many publications in this area ....." (Professional Manager, July 2001)
"..very impressed with the actual format of this book....manages to be both interesting and informative....it succeeds in being a very neat and well presented book.." (M2 Communications, 22 February 2001)
"The authors put ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers." (Computer Weekly, 22nd March 2001)
"An interesting read...." (Freelance Informer, 20th April 20
"The book is written in a refreshingly non-technical style, which is a welcome change from the many publications in this area ....." (Professional Manager, July 2001)
"..very impressed with the actual format of this book....manages to be both interesting and informative....it succeeds in being a very neat and well presented book.." (M2 Communications, 22 February 2001)
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The Internet is all pervasive. Its influence and power extends ever further into every aspect of our private and professional lives. We routinely use it as a source of reference, a medium for discussion, and, increasingly, as a place to conduct business. The 'e' in e-business is now so ubiquitous that it is easy to forget that just a matter of years - indeed months - ago, the world looked very different. The business world in particular has been turned upside down by the Net. The word 'revolution' has been used so liberally that its meaning has become devalued. Yet the reverberations in the world of commerce that have resulted from the Net constitute nothing less than a revolution. Every revolution needs its architects. Without Lenin, Trotsky and others, nothing would have happened in Russia in 1917. Without an intelligentsia and people to take new ideas and make them a reality, nothing changes. So who are the architects of this business revolution?
Architects of the Business Revolution is a journey through this remarkable new territory. Dearlove and Coomber identify the entrepreneurs, radicals and thinkers who have made the greatest contribution to this new world. From wunderkinds like Marc Andreessen and Sabheer Bhatia and rocket scientists like Tim Berners-Lee and Vinton Cerf, to visionaries like Don Tapscott and Esther Dyson and business engineers like Scott McNealy and Jim Clark. These are the guys and girls you have to know about. Beyond the individuals themselves, Dearlove and Coomber take ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers.
Architects of the Business Revolution is a journey through this remarkable new territory. Dearlove and Coomber identify the entrepreneurs, radicals and thinkers who have made the greatest contribution to this new world. From wunderkinds like Marc Andreessen and Sabheer Bhatia and rocket scientists like Tim Berners-Lee and Vinton Cerf, to visionaries like Don Tapscott and Esther Dyson and business engineers like Scott McNealy and Jim Clark. These are the guys and girls you have to know about. Beyond the individuals themselves, Dearlove and Coomber take ideas into action and offer practical guidance drawn from these pioneers.
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This review is from: Architects of the Business Revolution: The Ultimate E-Business Book (Paperback)
Authors Des Dearlove and Stephen Coomber present capsule biographies of 50 individuals who have played a major role in the spread of e-business. Besides providing some background on each person, these bios highlight their major contributions as individuals or through their companies. While many names and stories are familiar - Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates - others are less so, such as the developers of Google and Real Networks. The bios mix high-tech contributors, entrepreneurs and journalists covering the e-business revolution. Though the book has a brief introduction, it suffers from its alphabetical listing of the contributors, which presents the bios out of context. We at getAbstract.com say this book "coulda been a contender" if it grouped its bios in chronological order or by field, and offered introductions to local sections of that nature. Still, it's a useful encyclopedia of the selected individuals and a valuable e-resource.
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Silicon Valley, Bill Gates, Media Lab, Red Hat, World Wide Web, Red Herring, Stanford University, Marc Andreessen, Michael Dell, Wall Street, Matt Drudge, Sun Microsystems, Arthur Rock, Jim Clark, Steve Jobs, Drudge Report, Andy Grove, Harry Knowles, Jay Walker, Jeff Hawkins, Linus Torvalds, Silicon Graphics, Don Tapscott, Esther Dyson, John Doerr New!
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