How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business - Rilegato

Hitz, Dave

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ISBN 10: 0470345233 ISBN 13: 9780470345238

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass, 2008

Riassunto

Dave Hitz likes to solve fun problems. He didn’t set out to be a Silicon Valley icon, a business visionary, or even a billionaire. But he became all three. It turns out that business is a mosaic of interesting puzzles like managing risk, developing and reversing strategies, and looking into the future by deconstructing the past. <p>As a founder of NetApp, a data storage firm that began as an idea scribbled on a placemat and now takes in $4 billion a year, Hitz has seen his company go through every major cycle in business—from the Jack-of-All-Trades mentality of a start-up, through the tumultuous period of the IPO and the dot-com bust, and finally to a mature enterprise company. NetApp is one of the fastest-growing computer companies ever, and for six years in a row it has been on <i>Fortune</i> magazine’s list of Best Companies to Work For. Not bad for a high school dropout who began his business career selling his blood for money and typing the names of diseases onto index cards.</p> <p>With colorful examples and anecdotes, <i>How to Castrate a Bull</i> is a story for everyone interested in understanding business, the reasons why companies succeed and fail, and how powerful lessons often come from strange and unexpected places.</p> <p>Dave Hitz co-founded NetApp in 1992 with James Lau and Michael Malcolm. He served as a programmer, marketing evangelist, technical architect, and vice president of engineering. Presently, he is responsible for future strategy and direction for the company. Before his career in Silicon Valley, Dave worked as a cowboy, where he got valuable management experience by herding, branding, and castrating cattle.</p>

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<p>THE AUTHORS <p><b>Dave Hitz</b> co-founded NetApp in 1992 with James Lau and Michael Malcolm. He served as a programmer, marketing evangelist, technical architect, and vice president of engineering. Currently, he focuses on future strategy and setting the direction for the company. <p><b>Pat Walsh</b> is the founding editor of MacAdam/Cage, a publisher of literary fiction and narrative non-fiction.

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HOW TO CASTRATE A BULL

Dave Hitz didn't set out to be a Silicon Valley icon, a business visionary, or even a billionaire, but he became all three. Perhaps it's because he likes to solve fun puzzles. Somewhere along the way, Hitz discovered that business is a mosaic of fascinating puzzles that involve managing risk, developing and reversing strategies, and looking into the future by deconstructing the past.

Filled with colorful examples and anecdotes, Dave Hitz's autobiographical book, How to Castrate a Bull, is a story for anyone interested in understanding business, the reasons why com&#45; panies succeed and fail, and how powerful les&#45; sons often come from strange and unexpected places&#151;even from the open range. Before his career in Silicon Valley, Dave worked as a cowboy, where he got valuable management experience by herding, branding, and castrating cattle.

As a founder of NetApp, a data storage and management firm that began as an idea scrib&#45; bled on a placemat and now takes in &#36;4 billion a year, Dave has seen his company go through every major cycle in business&#151;from the jack&#45;of&#45; all&#45;trades mentality of a start&#45;up, through the tumultuous period of the dot&#45;com boom and bust, and finally to a mature enterprise. NetApp is one of the fastest&#45;growing computer compa&#45; nies ever, and for six years in a row it has been on Fortune magazine's list of Best Companies to Work For. Not bad for a high school dropout who began his business career selling his blood for money and typing the names of diseases onto index cards.

Written for anyone who wants to know what it takes to succeed in today's volatile market&#45; place, How to Castrate a Bull relates not only what lessons Dave Hitz has learned in the course of his remarkable life but more important how he learned them.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0470345233
• ISBN 13: 9780470345238
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile