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ISBN-13: 9781913491659
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
By David Pleasance
Price: AUD $78.99
Stock: 4 in stock
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Local release date: 17/12/2021
Format: Hardback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 368 pages Weight: 1000g
Categories: Biography & True Stories [B]Biography: general [BG]Autobiography: general [BGA]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: Commodore the Inside Story contains David's personal stories and experiences gathered from over a decade at the company in senior positions all over the globe. It also gather insights from other senior management and engineering employees, suppliers and fans of this former giant of home computing. Commodore the Inside Story exposes the naked truth of how mostly through gross mismanagement Commodore went from being a $1 Billion company into bankruptcy. Forward by Trevor Dickinson - Co Founder of A-EON Technology Ltd. Chapters from the Author David J. Pleasance and many significant Commodore employees, including Dave Haynie, RJ Mical, Gail Wellington, Beth Richard, Dr. Peter Kittel, Wim Meulders and many more.; David John Pleasance has led an incredible life having travelled extensively living and working in Australia, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, USA and of course his native UK. In his 20's he was a professional Flamenco guitarist appearing on Television and playing extensive concerts theatres and cabaret. With a change of career he chose Sales and Marketing and in 1983 joined Commodore just after they launched the Commodore 64. He was incredibly successful with marketing and (personally) selling an estimated 2.2 million home computers. He was certainly one of the longest serving executives in Commodore with over 12 years at senior International level.; Google Preview content