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Topic: Andy Grove

  
LEADERSHIP   |  Comment

Power

During What we now consider the genteel 1990s, the meanest SOB I had ever met was Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today. His ego then was bigger than his newspaper, with which Gannett was blanketing the country at huge losses. At one ...READ»

MANAGEMENT   |  Comment

Andy Grove to CDU: Why Are You Looking at Me?

Consultant Debunking UnitREAD»

Coming to America

For more than a century, the United States has celebrated and reviled its immigrants. Now tough questions are being asked about newcomers. In such unsettled times, Intel chairman Andy Grove is offering a candid account of his own journey to freedom.READ»

Beach Blanket Books for Business

Five business personalities share their formulas for summer reading -- equal parts information, inspiration and escapism.READ»

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Who's SuperFast!

A Spy in the House of WorkREAD»

The Change Function

Technologists think, "Build it, and they will come." But they're building plenty of cool stuff, and consumers aren't coming. READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

How the PC Really Got Started

The personal computer celebrates its 20th birthday this month. At a gala party in Silicon Valley, the PC's original developers, including Bill Gates and Andy Grove, swapped tales of those wild and wacky days on the frontier of the computer revolution.READ»

The Industrialized Revolution

Clay Christensen's idea of "disruptive innovation" made him the unintended mascot of the dotcom boom. So what's he thinking now?READ»

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The Fast Pack

We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable.READ»

GREED   |  Comment

Nonsense At Work

Always hungry means never enough:Have you heard the one about me being charged by a lioness?  Oh, you have.  Well, a funny thing happened when I told that story again recently.  I suddenly remembered how quickly fear ...READ»

The Geeky Oscars

I had the chance, earlier this week, to attend an event called "The 8th Annual Industry Hall of Fame" dinner at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley. This is an event that used to be held at COMDEX, the Vegas tech tradeshow ...READ»

(Data)Base Interests

Harvard Business School has developed a database of 20th Century Great American Business Leaders. Partially available online -- the full data set can be gotten on request -- the database can be sorted by last name, birthplace, ...READ»

E-COMMERCE   |  Comment

Intel Is Putting Its Chips on the Net

Craig Barrett won't let the slowdown in the semiconductor market stop his company's bid to be the world's number-one e-commerce player. Says the Intel CEO: "We almost couldn't help becoming an Internet company."READ»

IDEAS   |  Comment

Thought Leaders: A Top 20 II

We got some great ideas from FC Now readers. Steve Jobs. Jim Collins. John Chambers. All good choices to add to the list. Actually, Jim Collins makes the authors' list at No. 70, but Jobs and Chambers are nowhere to be found among ...READ»

Management by example

Whether it’s finance, marketing, production, strategy, human relations or any other discipline, managers accept that the subject is teachable and that, once taught, the lessons will bring value to managers and the organisations ...READ»

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth

Two years ago, Bruce Mau unveiled a 43-point program that took the design world by storm. Here is an incomplete selection from his incomplete manifesto.READ»

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His Word Is Law

Face time with Gordon MooreREAD»

LEISURE   |  Comment

CEO Autographs

Keith Herrmann has over 200 autographed photographs and business cards.READ»

Is Your Boss a Psychopath?

Odds are you've run across one of these characters in your career. They're glib, charming, manipulative, deceitful, ruthless -- and very, very destructive. And there may be lots of them in America's corner offices.READ»

Flight of the Nerd

"Please fasten your seat belts and return your pocket protectors and laptops to their full, upright, and locked position. The Nerd Bird is ready for takeoff."READ»

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AMD   |  Comment

Will a $1.25B Antitrust Settlement From Intel and New Fusion Chips Save AMD?

In a culimation of talks that began in spring '08, Intel has just agreed to pay $1.25 billion (cash, due in 30 days) to its biggest rival chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) and agreed to a set of "business practice ...READ»

innovation - Albert Yu

"Failure is just part of the culture of innovation. Accept it and become stronger."READ»

Fast Company Author Interviews

Author interviews previously featured on fastcompany.com.READ»

Listen Up! The Web Makes Noise

The Web has become a feast for the ears as well as the eyes. You can listen in on conference calls with Wall Street analysts, get breaking news from the Balkans, or download the latest tune from Fatboy Slim. Here's Fast Company's listener's guide.READ»

Beyond Reengineering

From our first issue forward, Fast Company has tackled the ideas of reengineering, restructuring, and rethinking how business works. Here are some of our best stories about big-business change.READ»