The HP Way
Subtitle: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Collins
Published: May 24, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780887307478
Subjects: Information technology industries; Ownership & organization of enterprises; General; History Of Specific Companies; Business / Economics / Finance; United States; Business/Economics; Microelectronics industry; History; Corporate & Business History - Strategies; Business & Economics / Corporate History; Hewlett, William R; Packard, David; Biography; Computer industry; Electronics engineers
First sentence: AS WE GET OLDER we have the opportunity to look back over many years and see how certain events, seemingly unimportant at the time, had a profound effect in shaping our business or professional careers.
Description: In the fall of 1930, David Packard left his hometown of Pueblo, Colorado, to enroll at Stanford University. There, he befriended another freshman, Bill Hewlett. After graduation from college, Hewlett and Packard decided to throw their lots in together. They tossed a coin to decide whose name should go first on the notice of incorporation, then cast about in search of products to sell.

Today, the one-car garage in Palo Alto that housed their first workshop is a California historic landmark: the birthplace of Silicon Valley. And Hewlett-Packard has produced thousands of innovative products for millions of customers throughout the world. Their little company employs 98,400 people and boasts constantly increasing sales that reached $25 billion in 1994.

While there are many successful companies, there is only one Hewlett-Packard. Because from the very beginning, Bill and Dave had a way of doing things that was contrary to the prevailing management strategies. In defining the objectives for their company, Packard and Hewlett wanted more than profits, revenue growth, and a constant stream of new, happy customers.