Play Nice But Win: A Ceo's Journey from Founder to Leader by Michael DellMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Reading through this I can't help wondering what he's leaving out.
While I'll buy that he made 18,000 during a summer working for a local paper (I don't doubt he's a genius at business), the whole spiel about how, due to the freedom of information act, he knew he could get this-or-that information, seems odd. People don't tend to just know about the FOI act, especially a high-schooler back in the 80s with no relatives in the legal profession. But maybe I'm just picking nits.
Another odd point is when his parents are dead against his taking a leave from school to pursue his business, which is apparently already making 30K a *month* (in the 80s!). I don't know many parents who had been so supportive while he was a child who wouldn't at least entertain the fact that this might be a good path to follow.
Anyway, otherwise it's interesting to read a general history of Dell. He keeps alternating history with his efforts in taking the company private, which was also quite interesting, mainly because of Carl Icahn's efforts to derail everything.
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