If one thinks about icons that led to the evolution of the IT industry, two prominent names that immediately flash into mind are Bill Gates and Michael Dell. They both started their entrepreneurial ventures at the early age of 19, both were academic drop outs and both managed 
to create mammoth wealth for themselves and their compaies.
Guess their string of similarities ends at that though. While Gates, who is the software giant known for his ‘soft’ heart (philanthropy work) and his graceful exit from the day to day working of Microsoft this year, Michael Dell, who ruled the hardware industry for more than a decade, is known for his tough talking and ‘hard-core’ managerial skills, as well as his need to retain an iron fist over the company he created. Michael is currently pegged at just $16.4 billion in net worth (Forbes, March 2008) as compared to Bill Gates at $60 billion. We proceed to analyse the ‘Dell’ road and why, despite being an exceptional genius in his own right, Michael could take some notes from the Microsoft man....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
to create mammoth wealth for themselves and their compaies.Guess their string of similarities ends at that though. While Gates, who is the software giant known for his ‘soft’ heart (philanthropy work) and his graceful exit from the day to day working of Microsoft this year, Michael Dell, who ruled the hardware industry for more than a decade, is known for his tough talking and ‘hard-core’ managerial skills, as well as his need to retain an iron fist over the company he created. Michael is currently pegged at just $16.4 billion in net worth (Forbes, March 2008) as compared to Bill Gates at $60 billion. We proceed to analyse the ‘Dell’ road and why, despite being an exceptional genius in his own right, Michael could take some notes from the Microsoft man....Continue
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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