Imagination House

An Entrepreneurial Life

De: E. Lee Walker

Narrado por: E. Lee Walker

When 21-year-old Michael Dell asked E. Lee Walker to be the president of his fledgling computer company, PC’s Limited, Walker, in his mid-40s, immediately thought about all the people who had helped him through life - as an undergraduate at Texas A&M (class of '63), a graduate student at Harvard, and a once-young entrepreneur himself. As he and Dell created the foundation of what would become one of the most successful companies in the world, Walker was guided by the lessons of his past business ventures, by his belief in the power of imagination, and by his relationships with people who had provided encouragement when he most needed it. When he left Dell Computer Corporation to teach, Walker discovered that the stories he took with him - of his aspirations, of his failures and triumphs, and of his friends and mentors - were the key to engaging and inspiring his students.

Here, Walker records those stories in a memoir that spans five decades and reveals a man whose curiosity, resourcefulness, and luck led him out of South Texas and into corporate boardrooms, university lecture halls, and community activism. In fast-paced tales about life as a high-tech entrepreneur, adjunct professor, civic leader, and environmental advocate, Walker manages to convey the importance of creative thinking and communal effort in all his endeavors.

Originally offered to a small group of college students in Italy for study abroad, this affecting memoir will introduce to a wider audience not only a seasoned executive and philanthropist but also a wise and delightful storyteller.

©2019 E. Lee Walker (P)2022 E. Lee Walker

A must read for entrepreneurs and everyone else…

Love this book…. Mr Walker is not only a brilliant businessman/teacher but a thoughtful, sensitive, compassionate man with a wonderful imagination…. a real inspiration!

Unflinchingly Human and Wise

Lee Walker has a great intellect but that is not the strongest suit in his game.

He talks with great honestly about his mistakes, misjudgments and errors. By humanizing himself, Lee allows the rest of us to know that, despite our own mistakes, misjudgments and errors, we can still achieve good and great things.

Lee also recognizes that great and good things cannot be done alone. Good work takes a team, compromise, attention and imagination.

Read, listen and learn because Lee paid attention to his life and we are lucky that he is sharing it.

Lee, thanks for putting it all down on paper for us.