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    The Oracle of Oracle (Review and Analysis of Stone's Book)
    The Oracle of Oracle (Review and Analysis of Stone's Book)
    The Oracle of Oracle (Review and Analysis of Stone's Book)
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    The Oracle of Oracle (Review and Analysis of Stone's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Florence Stone's book: "The Oracle of Oracle: The Story of Volatile CEO Larry Ellison and the Strategies Behind His Company's Phenomenal Success".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Florence Stone's book "The Oracle of Oracle" tells the fascinating story of Larry Ellison. He is an American business magnate and chief executive officer of Oracle Corporation, the second largest software company in the world with a multi-billion-dollar market capitalisation. In her book, the author demonstrates how Oracle has continued to be successful and how the Oracle management team is sound and well-directed.

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    To learn more, read "The Oracle of Oracle" and discover this compelling story of the creation and rise of this major enterprise software company.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateSep 29, 2014
    ISBN9782511016732
    The Oracle of Oracle (Review and Analysis of Stone's Book)

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      The Oracle of Oracle by Florence Stone

      Book Abstract

      About the Author

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      Summary of The Oracle of Oracle (Florence Stone)

      1. The Oracle Story

      2. The Keys to Oracle’s Success

      3. Where Does Oracle Go From Here?

      Book Abstract

      MAIN IDEA

      Ruthless, volatile, arrogant, impatient, autocratic – all these adjectives have been used to describe Larry Ellison. I would agree, but I would add adjectives like insightful, customer-centric and focused. In other words, Larry Ellison has all the traits and characteristics that make for an outstanding leader in the high-tech industry. He also has one characteristic that many lack – the ability to sell his ideas to others. It is for this reason that I think of Ellison as the 21st Century’s P.T. Barnum. Ellison’s business persona has become so intertwined with his personal life that it is impossible to separate them.

      – Florence Stone

      Larry Ellison’s personality tends to generate two completely different reactions from most people – he is either an arrogant leader who uses other people’s ideas or a visionary leader who had the foresight to take a neglected concept and turn it into a huge, successful company. And most people view Ellison’s larger-than-life actions and outrageous comments simply as a way to generate reams of publicity for him and for the company he founded, Oracle.

      Yet, to focus solely on the rights or wrongs of Larry Ellison’s personality is to ignore the real story – how a company started with $2,000 in 1977 is today the second largest software company in the world with a multi-billion-dollar market capitalization. This achievement is highly impressive, even more so in light of the intensely competitive nature of high technology industries where new companies can appear, grow and die within short time frames.

      In total, the continuing success of Oracle is impressive. It reflects the fact that beneath all the showmanship, the requisite vision, drive and

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