Today, NVIDIA is the most important company on Earth. But in 1996, it was thirty days from the grave. If you look at the stock market today, NVIDIA looks like an inevitable success. It powers the AI revolution. It drives the world's biggest economy. It is the gold standard of Silicon Valley. In THIRTY DAYS, retail industry veteran and tech historian Chuck Ackerman uncovers the terrifying, roller-coaster history of the company that almost wasn't. From a bullet-riddled diner booth in San Jose to the secret meetings that saved the company from total collapse, this is the untold story of the biggest gamble in tech history. Inside, you will discover: • The "Zombie" Years: How a failed product launch forced the company to fire half its staff and stare down bankruptcy. • The Suicide Mission: Why the CEO bet the entire future of the company on a "crazy" idea that Wall Street analysts begged him to kill. • The Secret Lifeline: The moment a competitor handed them a check that changed history—and why they did it. • The Culture of Paranoia: Inside the unorthodox mind of Jensen Huang, the leather-jacketed leader who runs a trillion-dollar empire like a startup that's about to run out of cash. It's a survival guide. Discover how three bored engineers turned a $600 investment into the engine of the future—and the close calls that almost erased them from history.