# Idea Man

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- Book: [Idea Man](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-allen/idea-man) ([Idea Man.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-allen/idea-man.md))
- Authors: [Paul Allen](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-allen)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-371-6
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2012-05-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

What's it like to start a revolution? How do you build the biggest tech company in the world? And why do you walk away from it all? Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft. Together he and Bill Gates turned an idea - writing software - into a company and then an entire industry. This is the story of how it came about: two young mavericks who turned technology on its head, the bitter battles as each tried to stamp his vision on the future and the ruthless brilliance and fierce commitment.