The Big Score Quotes

“It was important for Bob Noyce to be liked, which paralyzed his ability to fire people or reposition them downward, even when the company and those who worked for it were at risk.”
― Michael S. Malone, The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley

“Then came the 1982 recession. The promises and prizes quickly disappeared and once again employers had a buyers’ market and the upper hand. By then, the game had changed.”
― Michael S. Malone, The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley

“There still weren’t enough warm bodies in the area to meet demand. So companies went to extreme measures: three 12-hour-day workweeks, promises of extended holidays, biplanes towing employment ads over Stanford football games, bonuses to employees who brought in friends, open houses in which job offers were made on the spot”
― Michael S. Malone, The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley