128)Īs Knight did in Shoe Dog, Dell chronicles his own harrowing moments in the early days, when the company’s meteoric success led it to run perilously low on cash (because it had to cover inventory and other expenses ahead of actually being paid). He knows nothing, he’s got nothing, he’s just a circus clown. Doesn’t know whether we make French fries or nuclear power plants. In Dell’s telling, Icahn couldn’t come up with one, and Dell concluded, “this guy has no idea what Dell does. Icahn’s meatloaf, Dell pressed Icahn on what his alternate plan for the company was. He recounts how he impulsively called Icahn directly amid the activist investor’s aggressive maneuvering in the press and courts to oppose Dell’s effort to take the company private, and Icahn invited him to dinner at his home that evening. The conflict with Icahn is worth telling, and Dell does it in vivid detail.
In Dell’s case, the principal suspense is around whether the founder of the eponymous tech company will win his recurring battles with investor Carl Icahn-who Dell at various moments compares to the Joker, a circus clown, and an unshakeable zombie pursuer-and pull off a string of high-stakes stock market deals and acquisitions. Michael Dell’s new book Play Nice But Win fits in the same category of founder’s memoir as Shoe Dog, and aspires to similar drama. Shoe Dog by Nike founder Phil Knight is one of the best business books-among other things, it turns the dynamics of cash flow into a surprisingly suspenseful narrative driver, as Knight and a ragtag band of early associates barely manage to keep what would become one of the world’s most powerful brands afloat. You can always reach out to us at with any questions. (You can always easily unsubscribe.) If you are a subscriber, this will just verify your email address.
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