DescriptionGustavo Cisneros, uno de los principales empresarios globales, forma parte de una dinastia de empresarios iniciada por su padre, Diego Cisneros, en la segunda generacion no solo mantiene si no supera los logros de la primera. Gustavo Cisneros consigue con…
DescriptionThe story of Milton Hershey, creator of the chocolate empire, who became a leading philanthropist. This profile follows his rise from poverty to development of his chocolate formula and the creation of his "candy city", complete with hotels, hospital, and amusement park.
DescriptionThe story of the brothers who rose to wealth and fame by sparking a breakfast-table revolution, then ended up suing each other over the rights to the flakes and family name.
DescriptionEntrepreneur Stuart Skorman, the founder of Elephant Pharmacy, Hungryminds.com, Reel.com, and Empire Video, grew up in a retailing family in Ohio. He worked every kind of job, from cab driver to professional poker player to CEO. In this entertaining, personal account of his coming of age in the business world, Skorman gives an insider's view of what it takes to start a business from the ground up. Stuart Skorman offers his hard-won lessons in business for any entrepreneur or small businessperson who wants to create a company that has a heart and soul. He reveals what he learned about marketing while working a stint as a rock band manager and bares his soul about his failure during the dot-com bubble. He describes in vivid terms the roller coaster ride of the entrepreneur in good times and bad, and explains how to survive in today's uncertain business environment.
DescriptionThe fascinating story of Charles Dow and Edward Jones, whose dissimilar geniuses produced the indispensable Dow Jones stock index. Financial gurus Louis Rukeyser, Lou Dobbs, and others discuss the lives of Dow and Jones, and how their index changed the financial world.
DescriptionIn 1980 Doris Christopher, a former home economist and teacher, was itching to get back into the workforce after an eight-year hiatus as a stay-at-home mom. Drawing on her personal and professional expertise, and determined to make cooking easier and more…
DescriptionStanley Bing knows whereof he speaks. He has lived the last two decades working inside a gigantic multinational corporation, kicking and screaming all the way up the ladder. He has seen it all: mergers, acquisitions, layoffs, the death of the three-martini lunch; and has himself been painfully re-engineered a number of times. He has eaten and drunk way too much, stayed in hotels far too good for him, waited for limousines in the pouring rain, and enjoyed it all. Sort of. Most importantly, Bing has seen management at its best and worst, and has practiced both as he made the transition from an inexperienced player who hated pompous senior management to a polished strategist who kind of sees its point of view now and then. In one essential volume, here is all you need to know to master your career, your life, and when necessary, other weaker life forms.
DescriptionThis accessible and inspirational audiobook examines a diverse collection of business people and how they make their enterprises work. From risk-loving entrepreneurs such as Richard Branson, through to the conservative creator of Liquid Paper, Bette Nesmith Graham, and Warren Buffett to driven individuals such as Manolo Blahnik, Enjo's Barb de Corti, and James Dyson, this book is a collection of true stories from around the world that offer inspiration, ideas, and lessons on the principles of successful business. Where better to look for business advice than from the world's best?
DescriptionOften Wrong, Never in Doubt is an inspirational book from one of America's most colorful and exciting entrepreneurs. Donny Deutsch lays out the core principles that propelled him to create tremendous wealth, build a huge and influential business, a…
