The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company

About the book

Michael S. Malone traces Intel through Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove, showing how their different strengths shaped the company's technology, leadership, and growth.

Why read it

Best if you want to examine how a company can pair radical product development with market education and a culture organized around learning.

Evidence and original sources

Sources: official Founders episodes — #7, #8, #36, #41, #50, #110, #157, #166, #178, #356

David references a prior Founders episode on Bob Noyce that was based on The Intel Trinity, calling it a 'wonderful book.'

• Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's — David names The Intel Trinity as a newly arrived book about Intel's founders that he plans to cover in a future episode.
• The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company — David names The Intel Trinity by Michael S. Malone as the source for the episode.
• Finding The Next Steve Jobs: How to Find, Keep, and Nurture Talent — David calls The Intel Trinity a wonderful book while pointing listeners to his earlier Bob Noyce episode.
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers — Host cites Intel Trinity as the basis for a prior Founders episode on Bob Noyce and identifies Andy Grove as featured in it.
• Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive — David calls The Intel Trinity a great book while directing listeners to Founders No. 8.
• Henry Singleton (Teledyne) — David calls The Intel Trinity fabulous, recommends reading it, and points listeners to the earlier episode.