The Man That Helped Change IBM

What would it be like to be a part of a company that has been around for a long time?

I celebrated my 700th episode of The Small Business Radio Show with Nicholas Donofrio, who started his career at IBM. I started my career at IBM in 1981 Nick stayed there for over forty years. He has written a book about his career at IBM.

We had a discussion.

Nick began his career at IBM because of his mom.

Nick talks about his failed first semester at RPI and his poor manager reviews early in his career.

The president of IBM took a risk to bring to market the first commercial computer.

The impact of the mainframe is still being felt nearly 60 years later. He was in favor of IBM being broken up, even though others wanted to break it up.

His teams were successful because of their diversity.

He learned a lot from the people he mentord. One of my IBM mentors was Jim Corgel.

Nick was the first IBM executive to have "innovation" in his title, and why IBM is not seen as being the most innovative company.

Help celebrate our 700th show by listening to the whole interview on The Small Business Radio Show.

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