on this guy is a playbook oh my gosh Marty Cooper the father of the cell phone 92 years old

going on 15 this guy is so innovative he is so creative and he is amazingly intelligent.

He wrote a book called Cutting the Core,

the cell phone has transformed humanity

and he's gonna tell you how and why

and tell us how bright our future is.

Join me for all this and more on the playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs The Playbook,

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their

personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and boardroom.

I'm your host David Melzer.

I have the father of the cell phone, Marty Cooper.

He's an extraordinary engineer, businessman,

and an author of an upcoming book that truly everyone needs to read because it is about cutting the cord.

The cell phone has transformed humanity. Tell me about it, Marty. I've been involved in the cell phone industry since 1999

was CEO of the world's first smartphone called the PCE phone. Welcome to the playbook. I'm here to be educated. Thank you so much for coming on.

Well, thank you for inviting me, Dave. This is good. It's going to be incredible.

99, I had a phone called it was manufactured by

Samsung it was the world's first convergence device we converged a PC with a

phone so Microsoft with the CE operating system, they decided to call it a

PC E phone and they talked about having the power of the internet in the palm of your

hand.

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