A high tech AI startup, the Russian mafia, and the downfall of a ‘resident adult.’
About the Book
A story about China trying to control the supply chain for the high-tech industry by acquiring a specialized company by any means, and the antics that the owner of the targeted company, along with a couple of his friends, play in order to avoid having to sell…
Background
The supply chain that feeds the semiconductor industry is extremely complex and very much globalized. Furthermore, the sheer complexity of the semiconductor technology necessarily pushes its supply chains to ever-greater degrees of specialization. This sometimes results in niche products that are critical in the supply chain but are sole sourced by relatively small companies, or in some specialized skills that are known to just a handful of people. In fact, I personally know several technologists who founded very specialized businesses like that, and my impression is that their relationship with the companies is highly personal – even beyond it being just a vocation.
Back in 2019 and 2020, the media was full of stories about the highly visible trade war going on between the US and China, and the professional press ran many articles about battles taking place in the ~$400B global semiconductor industry. But most of those stories focused on the well-known entities that occupied the very top of the supply chain – like Apple and Huawei.
So I thought that a situation where a big power tried to gain control of some specialized entity deep in the high-tech supply chain may be an interesting setting for a story. And I felt that trying to buy a company from a dedicated founder would have to be about much more than just money, and that this could make for some good drama. I used some of my friends as templates for the characters, threw in some of my experiences of doing business in Asia, added some of my biases, and…
Details
Formats: Paperback and eBook
Date of Publication: April 2021
Publisher: Fulton Books https://fultonbooks.com/
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