| “How to Castrate a Bull is two memoirs: one of Dave Hitz and another of the company he created. It tells of how Hitz founded and helped to grow one of the world’s greatest technology companies, playing a key role in shaping the strategy and culture of NetApp through its early growth, the technology bubble, and into the new millennium. His story illustrates how a brilliant founder can stay with a company—playing a crucial role in keeping entrepreneurship alive even as the firm becomes huge and successful. This book tells the human side of that story, made all the more real by the memoir it records of this remarkable person. A must-read for those who delight in seeing genius in action.” | ||
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Bill Barnett Thomas M. Siebel Professor of Business Leadership, Strategy, and Organizations, Stanford University |
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| “Lots of lessons for entrepreneurs, execs, and ordinary managers from the founder of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful companies. Dave Hitz peppers his tale with light-hearted anecdotes and powerful insights. He’s done an especially good job at describing how NetApp has created one of the country’s most resilient workplace cultures. Highly recommended.” | ||
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Robert Levering coauthor of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, and cofounder of Great Place to Work Institute |
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| “NetApp may be the most successful high tech company you’ve never heard of. Dave Hitz is a founder and has written a book filled with insightful examples of the challenges facing any successful organization as it grows. The lessons he learned as NetApp grew from an idea on a cocktail napkin to a $4 billion company are useful to managers everywhere. Moreover, his candor and humor in telling these stories make the book a joy to read.” | ||
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Charles A. O’Reilly III The Frank E. Buck Professor of Management and The Hank McKinnell-Pfizer director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University |
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