TY - BOOK AU - Hitz , Dave TI - How to castrate a bull : unexpected lessons on risk, growth, and success in business SN - 97804703452238 U1 - 658.401 PY - 2009/// CY - San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass ; Chichester PB - Wiley KW - Business planning ; Success in business ; Risk N1 - Contents: Before NetApp: on computers, colleges, castration, and risk -- Starting NetApp: on toasters, angels, resellers, and Ferraris -- CEO lessons: on pixie dust, decision making, candor, and going public -- Hypergrowth: on goals, doubling, ancestors, and pain -- Values and culture: on Dilbert, drooling, lies, and game theory -- Managing engineers: on development, consensus, doctor death, and magic -- Customers: on love, enterprise, simplicity, and partners -- Strategic change: on reversing course, chocolate, debates, and core beliefs -- Vision: on whining, eras, future history, and the meaning of life. Summary: Describes three stages for developing a successful business built around the themes of risk, growth, and success ER -