The sense of depression and defeat amongst the engineers was palpable, as many had dedicated years of their lives to building this system.

The sense of depression and defeat amongst the engineers was palpable, as many had dedicated years of their lives to building this system.  Read Less

I highly recommend this book if you have any interest in reading a quality business biography.

I highly recommend this book if you have any interest in reading a quality business biography.  Read Less

You'll learn about motorola and how great it was on it's peak, carrier paths of many (all) characters, unexpected swings and th...  Read More

You'll learn about motorola and how great it was on it's peak, carrier paths of many (all) characters, unexpected swings and the final outcome no one would expect.  Read Less

I don’t think anyone shed a tear when, as eccentric orbits reveals, he was summarily fired after physically intimidating an und...  Read More

I don’t think anyone shed a tear when, as eccentric orbits reveals, he was summarily fired after physically intimidating an underling into filing a misleading financial statement.  Read Less

Great history of technology that i used a great deal.

Great history of technology that i used a great deal.  Read Less

Btw, when the book came out 5 years ago, the stock of iridium was less than $9 per share and now is over $25/sh.

Btw, when the book came out 5 years ago, the stock of iridium was less than $9 per share and now is over $25/sh.  Read Less

Then came the crash: nobody bought the $2000+ phones, with airtime costing well over a buck-a-minute.

Then came the crash: nobody bought the $2000+ phones, with airtime costing well over a buck-a-minute.  Read Less

All the while, chris galvin and motorola’s c-suite were tying their darnedest to kill iridium, even as our little division of m...  Read More

All the while, chris galvin and motorola’s c-suite were tying their darnedest to kill iridium, even as our little division of motorola worked away on the the encryptor, the key to its survival.  Read Less

You also learn the history of motorola and how businesses talk with regulators and vice versa.

You also learn the history of motorola and how businesses talk with regulators and vice versa.  Read Less

It is compared to the manhattan project in complexity, which is clearly not true (the manhattan project involved the creation o...  Read More

It is compared to the manhattan project in complexity, which is clearly not true (the manhattan project involved the creation of several small towns), and while iridium technology was competently done, it seems more like an impressive innovation than some amazing technological breakthrough.  Read Less

According to the old salts, it was all downhill from there, and motorola began its steady decline into oblivion, with most of i...  Read More

According to the old salts, it was all downhill from there, and motorola began its steady decline into oblivion, with most of its many divisions being divvied up and sold off.  Read Less