Paul Allen was the self-described "idea man," the shy son of librarians. Bill Gates was the business-oriented partner who brought the ideas to life. And in 1975, when Allen was 22 and Gates was ...

Windows followed an idea originated at Xerox and elaborated ... the differences in style between Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Neither man continued to be a serious “software developer” in ...

Microsoft Founder Paul Allen died Monday at 65 ... he bankrolled SpaceShip One – the first private vehicle to put a man into space. He was hooked on Jimi Hendrix. So he built the Museum of ...

That was Paul Allen. The guy who funded the giant telescope ... explaining his mindset in his 2011 book, “Idea Man.” And he did focus in a different way. He devoted the vast majority of ...

Paul Allen made headlines in 2011 not as much for what he did, but for what he wrote. The Microsoft co-founder’s memoir, “Idea Man,” put Allen in the public eye in large part for his ...

Paul Allen and Bill Gates can be regarded as the two sides of the same coin; Paul, despite being a recluse, was famous for his squandering lifestyle and parties, while Bill practices a sober lifestyle ...

Loaded down by jargon, they are typically more self-serving than self-aware. Paul Allen's "Idea Man" is broader and more engaging than most, yet it is still hampered by its own quirks and blind spots.

Idea Man is billed as “A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft” – and this is actually a really good way of presenting a book that’s sort-of, but not quite, an autobiography. This book really ...

but I reserved a part of each evening to read a little of Paul Allen’s autobiography, Idea Man. I should say from the start that I don’t read too many works like this; I stick mostly to books ...