Technology Business

Product Description In Maximum Impact, the author takes readers on an exciting journey, with its cast of exceptional founders, through the turbulent early days of Silicon Valley and the building of a remarkable analog tech company. Readers will enjoy this panoramic view, through the eyes of a bold, charismatic CEO and his genius comrades, as they participate in the creation of a technological revolution. This fascinating story about the growth of a semiconductor legend, provides compelling insights into a company culture that helped create the phenomenal success of Maxim Integrated. In this...

The race is on to become a digital enterprise. Every organization has a plan for updating products, technologies, and business processes. But that's not enough anymore. With disruptive startups outperforming industry stalwarts, executives everywhere are pushing greater growth and innovation. Staying competitive demands a complete digital transformation.

Embark on an empowering journey into the future with "Cyber Chic: An Uplifting Guide to All Things AI for Women." In this groundbreaking book, discover the untapped potential of AI as a transformative force for women of all ages and backgrounds. From demystifying the technology to showcasing real-life stories of women who have harnessed AI for personal and professional growth, this guide is a celebration of the symbiotic relationship between women and artificial intelligence. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or a newcomer to the digital realm, "Cyber Chic" invites you to embrace the ...

South African-born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey, Jr.

Code performance versus simplicity. Delivery speed versus duplication. Flexibility versus maintainability—every decision you make in software engineering involves balancing tradeoffs. In Software Mistakes and Tradeoffs, you’ll learn from costly mistakes that Tomasz Lelek and Jon Skeet have encountered over their impressive careers. You’ll explore real-world scenarios where poor understanding of tradeoffs leads to major problems down the road, so you can preempt your own mistakes with a more thoughtful approach to decision-making.

Stewart Brand has long been famous if you know who he is, but for many people outside the counterculture, early computing, or the environmental movement, he is perhaps best known for his famous mantra “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” Steve Jobs’s endorsement of these words as his code to live by is fitting; Brand has played many roles, but one of the most important is as a model for how to live.

Best-selling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson. Precision is the key to everything. It is an integral, unchallenged and essential component of our modern social, mercantile, scientific, mechanical and intellectual landscapes. The items we value in our daily lives - a camera, a phone, a computer, a bicycle, a car, a dishwasher perhaps - all sport components that fit together with precision and operate with near perfection....

"A FUNNY, HARD-HITTING, SYSTEMS-THINKING APPROACH TO BUSINESS & IT!" Most books: Here's *my* opinion on how to do technology. UNF*CK IT!: Here's a process to analyze your Business & IT and to apply systems-thinking & continuous improvement methodologies to improve your business-technology alignment. A PG-rated rewrite of the author's first title, UNSUCK IT keeps all of the humor and pop-culture references but none of the language that would make a sailor blush. UNSUCK IT! presents a comprehensive, systematic plan to improve IT performance, Business-IT alignment, & reduce IT costs. Using six...

Few organizations solve as many impossible problems as NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and nobody knows more about leading rocket scientists to unlikely breakthroughs than Adam Steltzner. As the phase lead and development manager for EDL (entry, descent, and landing) of the Curiosity rover to Mars, Steltzner spearheaded the creation of one of engineering's wackiest kluges - the sky crane, which allowed the heaviest rover in the history of space exploration to land on Mars unscathed.

Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions - one in technology and the other in communications - joined, an explosive force was unleashed that changed the very nature of innovation. And with any change, we have seen many strategic blunders and extraordinary learning curves along the way.

Blogging for Profit is a book you should listen to and get started on creating financial freedom and making business online. In this book, you will gain valuable information on the many different passive income ideas that you can generate just by using the powerful and unbelievable blog.

Selling technology to businesses can be one of the most rewarding careers, but getting started can be hard. Most knowledge is gained through word of mouth, and it can take years to learn how to perform well and consistently hit your target. In this how-to guide, you'll be introduced to the "sales flywheel", where Charlie Cowan will share his 20 years of technology sales experience and walk you through the external and internal tasks that combine to deliver a successful sales process.

Hypothesis-Driven Development (HDD) is an emerging approach to digital product management for both business people and engineers. It emphasizes rigorous, continuous experimentation as a way to both minimize waste and focus teams’ creative capabilities in directions that drive growth and innovation.

What To Do When Machines Do Everything is a guidebook to succeeding in the next generation of the digital economy. When systems running on Artificial Intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete. Drawing upon real-world cases, data, and insight, the authors provide clear strategic guidance and actionable steps to help you and your organization move ahead in a world where exponentially developing new technologies are changing how value is created.

This guide grows with you, offering a practical roadmap from idea to execution. With ChatGPT by your side, creating your business plan becomes a breeze, paving a clear path to success.

To keep doing what you love, you need to maintain your own systems, not just the ones you write code for. Regular exercise and proper nutrition help you learn, remember, concentrate, and be creative - skills critical to doing your job well. Learn how to change your work habits, master exercises that make working at a computer more comfortable, and develop a plan to keep fit, healthy, and sharp for years to come.

Do you know that there's a lot more to Excel, but have no idea what to learn? This audiobook could be the answer you're looking for. You'll learn: Introduction to Advanced Excel, Optimization using the Solver Function, Sensitivity Analysis, and much more.

An innovation expert illuminates why your power to make a difference is no longer bound by your status. In The Power of Onlyness, Nilofer Merchant, one of the world's top-ranked business thinkers, reveals that we have now reached an unprecedented moment of opportunity for your ideas to "make a dent" on the world.

Since the publication of his first book Hacked Again, Scott Schober has dedicated himself to educating anyone who would listen by telling his own story of being hacked in the hope that others can learn from his own mistakes. Now, joined by his brother Craig, the two have set their sights on the biggest target of all: small businesses. Throughout Cybersecurity Is Everybody's Business, Scott and Craig contextualize the impact of these cyber attacks on your small business and daily lives to provide expert insight and a plan of attack for fending off future security breaches.

Are you ready to unlock the potential of Instagram for your business? "Instagram Marketing for Beginners" provides a comprehensive guide to mastering the art of digital marketing on Instagram. With step-by-step instructions, readers can learn the basics of selecting a niche, targeting an audience, and creating engaging content. This book also reveals secrets to monetizing an Instagram account and growing a revenue-generating powerhouse. Plus, readers will benefit from the insider tips, tricks, and strategies to maximize the impact of their efforts.