How the Mighty Fall

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I got a Kindle as a gift too and I love it as well. I highly recommend you play with it or at least borrow someone's (if they'll let you) if you doubt you'll like it. "Inside Steve's Brain" - Great book on the history of Apple, and the inner workings of the company and the philosophy. "Never Eat Alone" by Keith Ferrazzi on the importance of networking and building relationships. "Trade-Off, Why Some Things Catch On, and Others Don't" "The Pixar Touch" Great history of Pixar and how they came about. "Call me Ted" - Ted Turner's autobiography "How the Mighty Fall" Jim Collins

Not true. While they may be broad, the authors still found common traits of the most historically successful companies. Collins wrote the follow-up "How the Mighty Fall" to then explain why/how they were unable to remain "Built to Last". The failure of companies mentioned in Good to Great does not necessarily mean Good to Great was wrong; it's possible those companies were no longer following what made them great in the past.

… migrated to cloud computing completely without even realizing that they have transitioned into it. That is why folks at MSFT should seriously read Jim Collins new book "How the Mighty Fall" cuz they are stuck in time and unable to make the necessary changes. Cloud Computing will mean the focus will all be driven through the browser and the Operating System could pretty much be anything and thereby undermine vendors who rely on selling Operating Systems for their main source of revenue. It may seem unrealistic but Google and Apple may merge as equals as the realization of Cloud Computing comes to fruition.