"Top of the Tide" reading notes Part1

The book on the top of the wave tells about the last more than 100 years that some companies have been fortunate, consciously or unconsciously, to be on the cusp of a technological revolution. Once in that position, even if you don't do anything, you can drift forward for ten years or even longer with the wave entreat. In these more than 10 years, they represent the wave of technology, until the next wave of the coming.

From 100 years ago, the company, IBM, Apple (Apple), Intel (Intel), Microsoft, Cisco, Yahoo, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Motorola, Inc., Companies and Google have been fortunate to have been pushed to the crest. Although they come from different fields, some of them have fallen or are fading, but they are extremely brilliant. They were once global empires, dominating their own industries.

This book systematically introduces the essential reasons for the success of these companies and the development of the technology industry for more than more than 100 years.

In the highly commercialized today, technological progress and business opportunities are inseparable from university education. As a result, the book also provides a systematic introduction to venture capital firms, such as KPCB and Sequoia Capital, which have been influential in technology, as well as a century-old investment bank for technology, such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and the university that pioneered the Silicon Valley industrial cluster, the Stanford University, detailing its history and educational philosophy.

"Top of the Tide" reading notes Part1