Idea Man
by Paul Allen
Microsoft's co-founder on the early days with Bill Gates, his cancer, his departure and his later ventures. Revealing about the Gates partnership and the costs of being the quieter founder.
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you want Microsoft's origin from the other founder.
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Skip it if…
you want a Gates biography.
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Three things you will actually use
- Negotiate equity when you are weakest, carefully.
- Partnerships have a dominant voice.
- Ideas need a driver.
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Read the chapters on the equity negotiation.
Our verdict
The quieter co-founder.
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