Submitted by richardbrandt on Thu, 04/15/2010 - 12:52pm.
I see you say "forget Steve Jobs," but, sorry, I think he wins. He's got the Midas touch and the ability to inspire others to create...which is even more important. Probably nowhere near a new angle...but the thing that I think that is interesting about Jobs (really Apple) is the new businesses and ideas it spawns (new apps, educational uses, etc)
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I hope someone covers Craig. I think he understood the power of fine
grain direct connectivity between people way before anyone else.
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My vote IS for Meg Whitman. My guess is that with her technology/business background she'll use technology to "fix" what's wrong with the government of my home state more than "the Governator" ever dreamed of doing. That is, assuming that Gov. Moonbeam doesn't get re-elected.
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I think the most interesting person at the moment is Eric Schmidt - CEO because
of his business skills, and of the success of google.
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Seriously, probably @CraigNewmark or Ellison, and here's why: There are already too many books about Gates, and IMHO, Zuckerberg and Stone just don't have the mileage on their trucks to make me care that much. Craig's story is to counterintuitive and he's such an iconoclast, it would be interesting to see the story of CL deeply examined that context. Ellison is a compelling enigma to me, kind of like Jobs. There are so many myths percolating about both of them. It would be interesting to know more truth from fiction.
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Larry Ellison -- he is complex; no one really has gotten into his head..... he takes bigger risks...he sees the future better.... he makes mistakes....and he keeps coming back... he marries 24 year olds....he wins americas cups...he has never sold his stock
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I am leaning to Carol Bartz - woman, don't see other books on her, certainly some interesting character elements to spice up the story... but depends on how long you would write over ... would be good to see what she will do with Yahoo! given she came out of retirement for this! Biz stone would also be interesting to read about...
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I would “nominate” Jeff Pulver founder of Vonage, investor in Twitter and founder/creator of 140conf. His is visionary. He sees the broader =-big picture of the uses of social media to connect, engage, empower, disseminate and assist globally in business & interpersonally. I also would have to say Seth Godin who is a master at tapping into what the pulse is trend wise.
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My suggestion is Joseph Tucci - of EMC The story that is compelling is how he took the company from a brink after the dot com crash. Software acquisitions, a lower cost line of storage products and cost cutting saved EMC. His leadership has been quiet, and effective. This is the story of a guy running a company as best as he can and not a puff piece of a guy who is "media darling"
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I voted for Jeff Bezos. I think he was one of the very first to really provide an "Internet benefit" to users/consumers and he has been a steady hand for many, many years - building Amazon into a powerhouse - and without much fanfare. I use it all the time. One seldom reads/hears about him now.
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If Steve Jobs is a choice, I'd vote for him. Otherwise, Jonathan Ive.
You've got to have SOMEONE from Apple! I'm not necessarily an
Apple-phile, but it can't be denied they ARE interesting people ...
I'd like to see someone write about S Jobs' Arab heritage -- Certainly
seems important, although he doesn't want to talk about it. ... The
most prominent Arab-American?
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not a very original choice, but Steve Jobs is hard to argue against.
another choice might be Roger McNamee - he's really got a challenge ahead of him.
there must be somebody else in the Web 2.0 space I'm not thinking of; Zuckerberg's company's certainly interesting, but he himself is not.
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In my view, most you name are yesterday's news. I like Ellison because he's such a controverial SOB. Jobs because he is the Howard Hughes of our time. I think a combo of Biz Stone/Ev William would be fascinating--except the world doesn't need another %$#*& book on Twitter.
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I think Marc Benioff is a real character. He's smart, he's quick, he's seen a lot of the tech industry. He went to work at Oracle and for Larry at a young age (I think maybe while in high school as an intern). He was Larry's right hand man for many years, had lots of neat successes inside Oracle (I don't know most of them). He even brought the whole idea of Apps online to Larry as an internal Oracle project and when LE rejected it, left to form Salesforce (while still giving Larry the opportunity to invest in his new company).
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I voted for Carol Bartz – not for her Yahoo activities but for her years at Autodesk. She turned that company from selling shrink-wrapped software to architects into a Fortune 1000 company that totally dominates A&E and now also film special effects and 3D rendering software. Autodesk is into everything cool now. Heck, I recently noticed a sticker label on a mountain bike at REI that said “designed by Autodesk” on the frame. And she did it without all the CEO drama that you see in Ellison or whats-her-name formerly at HP.
A very close second with be John Doerr, but it’s hard to relate to him as a CEO (even though a VC firm needs to be run like a company, also. But….)
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Steve Jobs.
I think he's fascinating. He repeatedly creates new categories. Have any of the books looked at magic or just what a challenging person he is.
Back office software isn't sexy, but after powering PeopleSoft into the ERP market, Dave Duffield now looks poised to revolutionize HR software at Workday
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some comments from voters
I see you say "forget Steve Jobs," but, sorry, I think he wins. He's got the Midas touch and the ability to inspire others to create...which is even more important. Probably nowhere near a new angle...but the thing that I think that is interesting about Jobs (really Apple) is the new businesses and ideas it spawns (new apps, educational uses, etc)
...
I hope someone covers Craig. I think he understood the power of fine
grain direct connectivity between people way before anyone else.
...
Stephen Fodor--Founder of Affymetrix
http://discovermagazine.com/2004/nov/genetics
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My vote IS for Meg Whitman. My guess is that with her technology/business background she'll use technology to "fix" what's wrong with the government of my home state more than "the Governator" ever dreamed of doing. That is, assuming that Gov. Moonbeam doesn't get re-elected.
...
I think the most interesting person at the moment is Eric Schmidt - CEO because
of his business skills, and of the success of google.
...
Seriously, probably @CraigNewmark or Ellison, and here's why: There are already too many books about Gates, and IMHO, Zuckerberg and Stone just don't have the mileage on their trucks to make me care that much. Craig's story is to counterintuitive and he's such an iconoclast, it would be interesting to see the story of CL deeply examined that context. Ellison is a compelling enigma to me, kind of like Jobs. There are so many myths percolating about both of them. It would be interesting to know more truth from fiction.
...
Larry Ellison -- he is complex; no one really has gotten into his head..... he takes bigger risks...he sees the future better.... he makes mistakes....and he keeps coming back... he marries 24 year olds....he wins americas cups...he has never sold his stock
...
I am leaning to Carol Bartz - woman, don't see other books on her, certainly some interesting character elements to spice up the story... but depends on how long you would write over ... would be good to see what she will do with Yahoo! given she came out of retirement for this! Biz stone would also be interesting to read about...
...
I would “nominate” Jeff Pulver founder of Vonage, investor in Twitter and founder/creator of 140conf. His is visionary. He sees the broader =-big picture of the uses of social media to connect, engage, empower, disseminate and assist globally in business & interpersonally. I also would have to say Seth Godin who is a master at tapping into what the pulse is trend wise.
...
My suggestion is Joseph Tucci - of EMC The story that is compelling is how he took the company from a brink after the dot com crash. Software acquisitions, a lower cost line of storage products and cost cutting saved EMC. His leadership has been quiet, and effective. This is the story of a guy running a company as best as he can and not a puff piece of a guy who is "media darling"
....
I voted for Jeff Bezos. I think he was one of the very first to really provide an "Internet benefit" to users/consumers and he has been a steady hand for many, many years - building Amazon into a powerhouse - and without much fanfare. I use it all the time. One seldom reads/hears about him now.
......
If Steve Jobs is a choice, I'd vote for him. Otherwise, Jonathan Ive.
You've got to have SOMEONE from Apple! I'm not necessarily an
Apple-phile, but it can't be denied they ARE interesting people ...
I'd like to see someone write about S Jobs' Arab heritage -- Certainly
seems important, although he doesn't want to talk about it. ... The
most prominent Arab-American?
.....
not a very original choice, but Steve Jobs is hard to argue against.
another choice might be Roger McNamee - he's really got a challenge ahead of him.
there must be somebody else in the Web 2.0 space I'm not thinking of; Zuckerberg's company's certainly interesting, but he himself is not.
....
In my view, most you name are yesterday's news. I like Ellison because he's such a controverial SOB. Jobs because he is the Howard Hughes of our time. I think a combo of Biz Stone/Ev William would be fascinating--except the world doesn't need another %$#*& book on Twitter.
....
I think Marc Benioff is a real character. He's smart, he's quick, he's seen a lot of the tech industry. He went to work at Oracle and for Larry at a young age (I think maybe while in high school as an intern). He was Larry's right hand man for many years, had lots of neat successes inside Oracle (I don't know most of them). He even brought the whole idea of Apps online to Larry as an internal Oracle project and when LE rejected it, left to form Salesforce (while still giving Larry the opportunity to invest in his new company).
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I voted for Carol Bartz – not for her Yahoo activities but for her years at Autodesk. She turned that company from selling shrink-wrapped software to architects into a Fortune 1000 company that totally dominates A&E and now also film special effects and 3D rendering software. Autodesk is into everything cool now. Heck, I recently noticed a sticker label on a mountain bike at REI that said “designed by Autodesk” on the frame. And she did it without all the CEO drama that you see in Ellison or whats-her-name formerly at HP.
A very close second with be John Doerr, but it’s hard to relate to him as a CEO (even though a VC firm needs to be run like a company, also. But….)
- - - - -
Steve Jobs.
I think he's fascinating. He repeatedly creates new categories. Have any of the books looked at magic or just what a challenging person he is.
Dave Duffield
Back office software isn't sexy, but after powering PeopleSoft into the ERP market, Dave Duffield now looks poised to revolutionize HR software at Workday