firstadopter

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by firstadopter 2y ago
Read my comment above on the Isaacson comparison. His focus is very different than mine. I wanted to write a serious and substantive business history of Nvidia and explore why it became successful.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
Chris gave me an amazing book recommendation and blurb. I'm humbled and grateful. He was the first external validation of the book.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
I interviewed over 100 people directly including Jensen, the two other cofounders, the two original VC investors and dozens of current/former employees. Nvidia cooperated with the book and facilitated interviews.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
The book was written after Acquired podcasts.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
NO. I'm the real Tae Kim.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
I'm sure there are MBAs at Nvidia too, but what I found interesting is the vast majority of dozens of Nvidia employees from early years I interviewed were engineers and technical/operationaly employees. I don't remember inter
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by firstadopter 2y ago
The deep understanding of technology is so important. So many CEOs are empty MBA suits who are BS artists and don't know anything. I wish I could shout this to the rooftops even though I do cover it in the book. The importance of techn
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by firstadopter 2y ago
I agree with this. You have to do the whole culture - not just a part of it. One prominent CEO (I won't name) started posting on social media about the book, the parts of being blunt and direct in feedback, and I bristled. He certainly
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by firstadopter 2y ago
The Asianometry interview was so much fun. It makes a huge difference when the host and interviewer reads the book and knows background technology/material.
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by firstadopter 2y ago
Nostalgia for the 1990s is real. I loved that era. PC gaming was awesome. I bought tons of 3D graphics cards from Rendition Verite, 3dfx Voodoo and obviously Nvidia. Having John Carmack tweet about my book nearly made me faint (surreal!).
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by firstadopter 2y ago
I sigh a little whenever anyone mentions Isaacson. My book had a different goal. I wanted to write a serious, substantive business history of Nvidia and explore the reasons for its success. Walt has a different style and focus, which wasn&#
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by firstadopter 2y ago
Thanks for the kind words swimwiththebeat. I really appreciate it. I didn't get to the ARM acquisition failure and crypto boom given time constraints. There is so much to cover in Nvidia's three decade history, so I had to pick an
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by firstadopter 2y ago
Bunch of other interviews and reviews came out: "There are two reasons to write a business book, according to Brad Stone, author of 'The Everything Store.' You’re either writing a thriller or a how-to-manual. In 'The Nvi
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by firstadopter 2y ago
I'm the author of THE NVIDIA WAY book. I'm here to answer any questions if you have any.
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Nvidia's Unique History and Culture(asianometry.com)
5 points by firstadopter 2y ago|2 comments
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Nvidia's CEO and Culture(marketplace.org)
3 points by firstadopter 2y ago|0 comments
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Activision has a big problem beyond its culture crisis: its games(bloomberg.com)
6 points by firstadopter 5y ago|4 comments
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Amazon's New World videogame is the game changer, not the $1k robot(bloomberg.com)
2 points by firstadopter 5y ago|1 comments