Derek Lidow

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Derek Lidow is a professor of practice at Princeton University, [1] author, speaker, entrepreneur, former CEO and founder of iSuppli, and former CEO of International Rectifier. Lidow is author of three books: Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises (2014, Wiley), [2] What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies (2018, Diversion), [3] and THE ENTREPRENEURS: The Relentless Quest for Value (2022, Columbia University Press). [4] He is also a media commentator; Lidow's coverage to date includes The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Economist, Nikkei, Reuters, and Taipei Times as well as many top bloggers.

Contents

Lidow's book, articles and speeches cover topics on innovation, entrepreneurship, startups, leadership and creativity. He joined Princeton university's Keller Center as the James Wei Visiting Professor in Entrepreneurship for the academic year 2011–2012. At Princeton he has created three novel classes: "Entrepreneurial Leadership," "Creativity, Innovation, and Design" and "The History of Entrepreneurship".

Early years

Lidow holds degrees from Princeton and Stanford. He received his BSE summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1973, and a PhD in applied physics as a Hertz Foundation Fellow at Stanford University in 1976. [5] Lidow's PhD thesis identified a new type of atomic interaction in the presence of intense beams of light. [6]

In 1977 Lidow began a 22-year career at International Rectifier, founded by his grandfather and his father Eric Lidow (CEO at the time) in 1947, as a Production Engineer. He then served as Vice President of Operations, and was promoted in 1985 to Executive Vice President for Marketing and Administration. Lidow became President of International Rectifier's Power Products Division in 1989, and was elected to the board of directors in 1994. In March 1995, Mr. Lidow replaced his father as the chief executive officer, serving alongside his brother Alex Lidow who remained CEO until 2007.

Career

After leaving International Rectifier, Lidow founded iSuppli [7] in 1999, [8] a market research firm sold to global information company IHS in 2010 for $95 million. [9] [10] Lidow was also a member of the board of directors for United Silicon Carbide Inc., [11] a technology company. [12] Lidow is widely cited as an expert on the electronics industry. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] His contributions range from multiple technology patents [18] to supply chain applications [19] used by companies like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Goldman Sachs and IBM.

Today, Lidow is a professor of practice at Princeton, where he teaches and publishes on leadership, [20] innovation, entrepreneurship, and the history of entrepreneurship. [21]

Author

Lidow is author of the book Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises. [22] In addition, his writing has been published in numerous blogs and publications, both online and off. [23] [24] He is also author of Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies. [3] His most recent book is THE ENTREPRENEURS: The Relentless Quest for Value (2022, Columbia University Press). [4]

Scholar

Lidow has extensively researched the emergence of entrepreneurial behavior is various cultures around the world. His article, Prehistoric entrepreneurs: rethinking the definition, [21] and book, THE ENTREPRENEURS, trace entrepreneurial behavior back to hunter-gatherers groups living 9,000 years ago. The emergence of entrepreneurs before any social or political hierarchies has forced a reexamination of what is an entrepreneur and what part they played in shaping the societies of the world.

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References

  1. ↑ "Derek Lidow | Keller Center at Princeton University". kellercenter.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2022-08-06.
  2. ↑ "Jossey-Bass Releases Startup Leadership: How Savvy Entrepreneurs Turn Their Ideas Into Successful Enterprises". One News Page [US]. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  3. 1 2 Lidow, Derek (2018-01-23). Building on Bedrock: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self-Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies. Diversion Publishing. ISBN   9781635761764.
  4. 1 2 Lidow, Derek (September 2022). The Entrepreneurs: The Relentless Quest for Value. Columbia Business School Publishing. ISBN   978-0-231-55296-7.
  5. ↑ "The E-Quad News, Princeton University". Princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  6. ↑ Lidow, D. B.; Falcone, R. W.; Young, J. F.; Harris, S. E. (1976-03-01). "Inelastic Collision Induced by Intense Optical Radiation". Physical Review Letters. 36 (9): 462–464. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.462.
  7. ↑ Derek Lidow. "Derek Lidow: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  8. ↑ "iSuppli Corporation: Private Company Information - Businessweek". Investing.businessweek.com. 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  9. ↑ "IHS Closes Acquisition of iSuppli Corporation". Business Wire. 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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  11. 1 2 "USCi - About Us - Board of Directors". Unitedsic.com. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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  21. 1 2 Lidow, Derek Balfour (2022-01-01). "The prehistoric entrepreneur: rethinking the definition". Journal of Management History. 28 (4): 458–475. doi:10.1108/JMH-11-2021-0058. ISSN   1751-1348. S2CID   249828593.
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  23. ↑ "Derek Lidow: Real Innovation Comes from Projects - The Accelerators - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. 2014-03-03. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
  24. ↑ "Derek Lidow: Debunking the Myth of The Lone, Visionary Designer - The Accelerators - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-03-19.
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