Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
Michael was born on February 23, 1965, in Houston, Texas. When he was 12 years old, he issued his first product catalog called “Dell’s Stamps,” which he advertised in a local trade journal. By going directly to the ultimate user, he learned his first lesson about developing a direct relationship with the customer. Michael was interested in technology from an early age. (Krames, J. 2003, p. 58) When he was 15, he bought a computer to take it apart just to see how it worked. During his high school years he was building computers himself, and by the time he went off to college he was building them in his dorm room and selling them to customers by special order. In 1984 Dell Computer Corporation was born.
ANDY GROVE, Cofounder and Former CEO of Intel
Andy was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. After the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary, Grove left his home and family to come to the United States. He met 2 friends in college that felt as strongly as he did about starting a business, so in 1968, Grove teamed up with the other two people who shared his dream. Andy Grove, Bob Noyce, and Gordon Moore set out to change the world. They figured out that they could put large numbers of transistors on a single chip without noticeably increasing the costs. More transistors meant faster performance and more utility for computers. By creating chips that could store larger amounts of information, they could boost the computer 's memory and functionality at an enormously cheaper expense. Intel became a reality at this point. And one of the most important things that it had going for it was Grove 's common-sense wisdom.(Krames, J. 2003, p. 135-136)
CONTRIBUTION
Michael Dell’s main contribution to the field of technology was by involving the customers from the very beginning of the business model. He started building computers for each customer by individual order, giving each one exactly what they wanted, listening to each one all along the way. He made the customer
ANDY GROVE, Cofounder and Former CEO of Intel
Andy was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. After the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary, Grove left his home and family to come to the United States. He met 2 friends in college that felt as strongly as he did about starting a business, so in 1968, Grove teamed up with the other two people who shared his dream. Andy Grove, Bob Noyce, and Gordon Moore set out to change the world. They figured out that they could put large numbers of transistors on a single chip without noticeably increasing the costs. More transistors meant faster performance and more utility for computers. By creating chips that could store larger amounts of information, they could boost the computer 's memory and functionality at an enormously cheaper expense. Intel became a reality at this point. And one of the most important things that it had going for it was Grove 's common-sense wisdom.(Krames, J. 2003, p. 135-136)
CONTRIBUTION
Michael Dell’s main contribution to the field of technology was by involving the customers from the very beginning of the business model. He started building computers for each customer by individual order, giving each one exactly what they wanted, listening to each one all along the way. He made the customer
References: Krames, J. (2003). What The Best CEO 's Know:7 Exceptional Leaders and their Lessons for Transforming any Business. Blacklick, OH: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing. http://www.biography.com/people/michael-dell-9542199 http://purpleopurple.com/biography/CEO-Lessons/andy-grove.html