Smart or Lucky?

Praise for Smart or Lucky? Smart or Lucky? takes you on a fun ride through the information technology industry. Judith Hurwitz brings together a wealth of personal experience and historical fact in analyzing the successes and failures of tech companies. There are countless lessons to be taken away about corporate ignorance and corporate arrogance. 'Luck' or, in truth, rapidly changing market conditions, catches up with every company. The true strength of those companies that have survived and thrived has been a willingness to change and to allow the market, their customers, to guide them. -STEVE MILLS, senior vice president and group executive, Software & Systems, IBM Judith Hurwitz is known for her talent at anticipating technology trends-and communicating their importance to business leaders. She's done it again. This book has great insights on cloud computing and the massive shift underway that is profoundly changing everything. -MARC BENIOFF, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com; and author, Behind the Cloud Judith Hurwitz deftly dissects dozens of winners and losers in the constantly churning tech industry, and offers concrete advice for entrepreneurs wanting to achieve and sustain success. -DON TAPSCOTT, author, Wikinomics and Macrowikinomics Judith provides valuable lessons on building sustainable technology companies and reminds us that initial spectacular market opportunities and brilliant execution are just table stakes in long-lasting market ownership. -ANN WINBLAD, managing director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners Smart or Lucky? is without a doubt a walk down memory lane with commentary that is concise and most of all insightful. It is hard to find someone who can write objectively about whether people are good or lucky in context with the most explosive era of information technology. This book clearly puts the reader in touch with consequences and events of those turbulent and dynamic years. I highly endorse Judith's book as a must-read for anyone who wants to put sense into the mosaic of our industry. -SAM GREENBLATT, chief technology officer, Global Enterprises, Hewlett Packard Corporation