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Years later, after Grove had learned to appreciate this, he read Peter Drucker’s The Practice of Management, which described the ideal chief executive as an outside person, an inside person, and a person of action. Grove realized that instead of being embodied in one person, such traits could exist in a leadership team. That was the case at Intel,
... See moreWalter Isaacson • The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
DOOM was extremely humane software. It let you play with your friends, even in the shareware version. And along with the game itself, id released tools which allowed anyone to easily modify the game’s levels and assets, and then share them for others to use. This created a thriving ecosystem that exists to this day.
Anton Troynikov • Remixable Software - Guest Post
Some rare companies innovate on all three sides of the creator triad, crossing creation tools, distribution and monetization: Roblox, for example, provides accessible tools in Roblox Studio; allows developers to have their experiences discovered by the community; and shares earnings with developers via the virtual currency Robux, which underpins a... See more
Rex Woodbury • The Creator Manifesto 🎨
The Making of Dune II - Read-Only Memory
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Six months earlier, Conner had been on mundane duty as an inspector. The combination of Palmer’s misfortune and Conner’s own perseverance placed Fox Conner in position to direct the development and deployment of an army that would number in the millions and play a decisive role in the deadliest war humankind had fought to that time. In James G.
... See moreSteven Rabalais • General Fox Conner: Pershing's Chief of Operations and Eisenhower's Mentor (The Generals Book 3)
This month marks 40 years since Danaher was founded. And over those 40 years, Danaher has delivered total shareholder returns over 180,000% and is the only US publicly traded company that has outperformed the S&P 500 in every five year period.
Today, I wanted to share with you their very first shareholder... See more
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