SUMMARY - Idea Man: A Memoir By The Cofounder Of Microsoft By Paul Allen

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. As you read this summary, you'll discover what were the highlights of the life of Paul Allen, Microsoft's co-founder with Bill Gates. You will also discover : that Paul Allen met Bill Gates in high school; that he grew up in a residential suburb of one of America's largest cities; that his mother was a schoolteacher before becoming a housewife; that Microsoft is a compound of "microprocessors" and "software"; that he is the founder of the Allen Institute for Brain Science; that he has recovered from a very serious illness. "Idea Man": the man with ideas. It took Paul Allen to found Microsoft with Bill Gates, because both men turned an idea into a company and then into an industry. This idea is that of creating the software that makes laptops work, the "software", as opposed to the "hardware" - that is, the machine itself, the computer with its screen, its central unit... A gigantic advance in the computer industry. But the book, far from focusing solely on Microsoft and computing, explores the most intimate corners of Paul Allen's life, and in particular his relationship to time, money, others, and so on. A walk through an extraordinary life, guided by the master of the house, who speaks well of what he knows well.