Pirates of Silicon Valley

Questions for “Pirates of Silicon Valley”

1)     How would you describe both Jobs’ and Gates’ innovation process?

a.     Internal ?

b.     External?

2)     For both internal and external acquisition of technology, how was implementation handled?  What areas (from the textbook—Chapters 1-10) was Jobs and Gates Hardware and Software particularly lacking?  Please give specific examples. 

3)     How well did Jobs and Gates understand the environment in which he was trying to compete?  What specific areas challenged their chance of success in the environment?

4)     What did Jobs and Gates do to prepare the industry for his innovations?

5)     What did Jobs and Gates do to prepare the end user for his innovations?

6)     What was Jobs and Gates knowledge of the industry?

7)     What were Jobs and Gates marketing considerations?

8)     What were Jobs and Gates technology considerations?