Bill & Dave: How Hewlett and Packard Built the World's Greatest Company
A lesson plan for managers trying to make their own fame and fortune on an ever more competitive scale. --San Francisco ChronicleHis tale of Hewlett-Packard's rise and fall recalls the time when, incredibly HP was cool.  Malone chronicles how the two quickly outgrew what Packard called "that damn garage" and developed the HP Way, the cultural operating system standard for high tech companies. --WiredIt's worth reflecting on how fine Bill and Dave's achievement really was. --NewsweekMalone has produced a biography, management guidebook, and business history, all in one. --BusinessweekMike Malone does the legacy of Hewlett and Packard a great service with this book.  I hope it inspires a whole new generation of entrepreneurs to rise to the standards set by these two remarkable leaders. --Jim Collins, authorGood to Great, co-authorBuilt to LastRecounting the well-known HP stories and unearthing some new ones, his account of the two tech titans and the world they made has a fresh feel throughout. --Washington PostThe book is the best account so far of the lives of the two men who started Silicon Valley and created many of its lasting traditions and institutions. --San Jose Mercury News