Tuesday, January 27, 2009

NetApp founder: Creating a start-up is like castrating bulls

NetApp founder bares all about castrating bulls and starting up a company in his new book
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NetApp founder: Creating a start-up is like castrating bulls

Deni Connor By Deni Connor
NetApp founder and executive vice president, Dave Hitz, recently published a book with an intriquing title - How to Castrate a Bull: Unexpected Lessons on Risk, Growth, and Success in Business - that screamed out "pick me up and read." I spoke to Hitz about the book, why he felt compelled to write it, his experiences of castrating bulls and founding NetApp. Read full story

Deni Connor is principal analyst for Storage Strategies NOW.

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