The Flight of a Wild Duck

"""The Flight of a Wild Duck does a wonderful job describing the journey of a young person growing up in the counter culture and political turmoil of the '60s to become one of the major influencers in Silicon Valley...As someone that has known Avram for over forty years, I found the book honest and engaging. This book will introduce you to a truly fascinating, multifaceted individual worth knowing."" --Steven Mayer, cofounder of Atari ""Avram Miller's book reveals his uncanny ability to predict future technologies and, significantly, to realize their potential impact on society. It was amazing to witness how Avram could make the most talented people in communication, media, and finance become comfortable with technology. The results changed all of our lives."" --Lakshmi Pratury, founder and CEO, INK ""If you want to know how Avram Miller become one of Silicon Valley's most out-of-the-box thinkers at the dawn of the PC Age, read his wonderful new memoir. Unlike the current internet barons, he lived a whole life before he touched a computer."" --Jonathan Taplin, author of Move Fast and Break Things and The Magic Years ""Much is written about and attributed to Gates, Jobs, Grove, and a handful of others. But these entrepreneurs and visionaries would never have made it to the world stage without dozens of smart, driven, creative colleagues who made personal computing, ubiquitous broadband, and the Internet a reality. These people lived predominantly in the future--inventing the future--creating products and an industry that forever changed the world. Avram Miller was one of these."" --Bob Stearns, former SVP, chief technology and strategy officer, Compaq Computer ""Avram Miller has been present at the creation of several seminal events in the computer and communications industries. This wonderful memoir brings his significant contributions to life, with the basic concepts, the underlying trends, the many personalities (Jobs, Gates, Grove, Olson, Vad�sz, Milken, just to name a few), and the benefits and frustrations of life inside major technological corporations. Find a comfortable chair, grab a glass of something refreshing, and prepare to experience a series of adventures with a wild, and highly entertaining, duck."" --Henry Chesbrough, faculty director of the Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation at UC Berkeley and Maire Tecnimont Professor of Open Innovation, Luiss University in Rome, Italy ""The vectors that his book spins--from his formative years as an activist, sailing around the world, the various ""loves"" in his life--are all a delight. He weaves a story that has so many layers that, if I didn't know him, I'd be asking if this was a work of fiction. This book is sweeping in so many ways. It made me smile, laugh in several places, and, as he details the Intel years, gasp and shake my head."" --Hilton Barbour, vice president of marketing, Kognitiv Corporation ""This isn't just a book about technology or just for technologists. It's the story of a man who follows his own authentic path to success."" --Suzan (Sam) Miller, vice president, corporate secretary, and deputy general counsel, Intel ""While The Flight of a Wild Duck describes events in Avram's life that occurred years before I met him, I can attest that he has continued on the path of making a real difference to people and companies in his later years...I've known Avram primarily as an entrepreneur and scientific thinker. The book depicts a fuller view of a creative and inquisitive person with enormous resilience. I wish our paths had crossed sooner."" --Richard Rose, MD, founder and CEO, Sommetrics"