Summary: High Noon - Karen Southwick

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2013

ISBN-13: 9782806246608

This work offers a summary of the book “HIGH NOON: The Inside Story of Scott McNealy and the Rise of Sun Microsystems” by Karen Southwick.<br>Karen Southwick charts the success of Sun Microsystems from a start-up in 1982, to 1999, when over half companies worldwide are using Java technology, and Sun became a $9 billion company. It’s a truly extraordinary story: within five days of setting out a business plan, Khosla and Bechtolsheim had raised $284,000 of capital, which meant they had to deliver $4 million in sales for their first year of operation. <br>Despite technical glitches and the intense pressure, they delivered, demonstrating three traits that would be integral to their success in the years ahead: the company was run frugally; it was product focused first and foremost; McNealy rather than Khosla tended to deal with staff issues and emerged as the defacto leader even though Khosla was CEO. <br>High Noon describes a genuinely fascinating company in a compelling way. Sun broke many conventions of the time, but took risks that were well-thought out and customer focused. As Andy Bechtolsheim says, ‘‘Sun did the big things right. We had the right business model -- the open system approach and open attitude toward our customers. Once you get that right, you can afford mistakes.’’ Every businessperson, even if in a different market, can learn from Sun’s strategies.<br>