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Before Bill Gross was known among investors as the Bond King, he was a gambler. In 1966, a fresh college grad, he went to Vegas armed with his net worth ($200) and a knack for counting cards. Ten thousand dollars and countless casino bans later, he was hooked, so he enrolled in business school. The Bond King is the story of how that whiz kid made American finance his casino.

Over the course of nearly two centuries, the innovations, mistakes, and scandals of different market participants have played an important role in shaping today's financial markets. Now, in 100 Minds that Made the Market, Ken Fisher delivers cameo biographies of these pioneers of American financial history. From Joe Kennedy's "sexcapades" to Jesse Livermore's suicide, this book details the drama, the dirt, and the financial principles of an amazingly inventive group of financial minds.

ONE DOLLAR MAN er den glemte historie om cykelsmeden, der udvandrede med immigrantskib fra København i 1900 med 30 dollars på lommen. Han kæmpede sig op fra bunden af det amerikanske samfund og blev en af USAs største og bedst betalte erhvervsfolk, inden han blev hentet til Washington DC for at hjælpe præsidenten. William S. Knudsen havde et usædvanligt talent for at organisere mænd og maskiner. Han satte samlebåndsproduktionen i system hos Ford, skabte bilmærket Chevrolets store succes og blev øverste direktør for General Motors med 250.000 ansatte.

By the time he was in Primary 5, Benny Se Teo was packing opium and running the packets to his father's opium den in Chinatown. At 15, Benny had his first puff of pot, then one night, he bought a straw of heroin and his troubles truly began. In jail after his umpteenth arrest, he began to bleed...

Este livro é fruto da experiência de anos com pasta na mão, vendendo serviços e ideias, e como empresário, vendendo produtos aliado ao trabalho de vários anos atuando em consultoria, treinamentos e palestras de gestão, motivação e vendas. O princípio deste livro é motivar o leitor a buscar resultados, qualidade de vida, motivação e essencialmente ter prazer em vender e em trabalhar. O trabalho, quando é um prazer a vida é uma alegria, e quando é um dever a vida é uma escravidão. Este livro não é uma obra de ficção.

My real story starts with a disaster, an unmitigated, pull-the-rug-from-under-you, clean-out-the-bank-account disaster. But had it not happened, The Police would never have risen to become the biggest rock band in the world; Jools Holland would not have ended up on TV; The Bangles, The Go-Go’s, R.E.M., and many other music stars might never have made it either. It’s strange how a fluke, a disaster, an unlikely event can lead to incredible results. But that is in essence what happened to me....

Audiobook, który widzisz przed sobą to pierwsza część z serii zawierającej łącznie pięćdziesiąt krótkich biografii nieprzeciętnych ludzi – przedsiębiorców samouków, którzy często wbrew ciężkim warunkom, biedzie i brakowi szkolnej edukacji odnieśli w życiu wielkie sukcesy, w sposób zasadniczy wpływając na świat, jaki znamy.

How one baby blanket altered the course of this corporate trainer's life

Starting with Rs 5 lakh, this Vadodara-based startup is all set to clock Rs 1 Cr turnover in its first year...

Warren Buffett's rule number one: always win! If it seems too good to be true, it probably is! Always look at how much money the other guy is making when he trying to sell you something! Descriptive essays I wrote at DeVry University-Houston.

The fifth in my series of audiobooks of highlights from my printed books. This one is 120 minutes from I'm Coming to Take You to Lunch, the story of how I arranged for Wham!, whom I managed, to go and play in China. This is Part One of the book.

Este audiolibro está pensado para las personas que trabajan en el mundo de los negocios y que desean maximizar su potencial para obtener resultados óptimos. Cada una de estas leyes es indispensable para que puedas realizar tu potencial. La transgresión de cualquiera de estas leyes puede costarte meses de frustración y poco rendimiento. Mientras escuchas, tómate unos momentos con cada ley y evalúa honestamente tu conducta y comportamiento. Sólo necesitas una idea nueva para cambiar la dirección de tu vida.

「他人の暮らしに入り込む仕事」訪問介護員が寄り添う、家庭の事情、命の期限――あなたも女優になれますか？「誰かのケアをする」というキャパは重い障害のある息子たちを育てるとき、いっぱいになった。かわいいからこそ苦しかった。だから、たくさんの人に助けてもらった。介護職に就いて10年がすぎ、今度は親が認知症になり、その介護が必要になった。

We have selected for you 100 quotes by famous entrepreneurs. A great quote is very similar to a great thinking and a small poem. It can encapsulate a large web of ideas, thoughts, reflections, emotions in a few words. The reader of a great quote is forced to think about what he just heard. He has to think about those words and what they mean. An excellent quote requires the reader to pause to contemplate the real meaning and poesy of a few words.

Gallo Be Thy Name is the portrait of an American dynasty, chronicling the family's history from Prohibition and the Great Depression to its roots in organized crime, its impact on the roiling farm labor movements of the 60s and 70s, and ultimately to its domination of America's wine market. The Gallos rode the turbulent currents of history to triumph, with iconic brothers Ernest and Julio steering the ship. But beneath the carefully polished surface of E. & J. Gallo Winery is a sweeping story of passion and power — swirling with rumors of murder.

Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the best-selling marketing series in history, Guerrilla Marketing, plus 24 other business books. In this interview, he discusses the nature of passion and how it drives him. There have been 14 million Guerrilla Marketing books sold worldwide, and many university MBA programs offer a course in Guerrilla Marketing. This has become the best-known marketing brand in history.

Michael E. Gerber is the author of 13 business books, including the best seller The E-Myth Revisited. His revolutionary perspective has become the gold standard for small business development throughout the world, making him what INC magazine calls “The World’s #1 Small Business Guru” and one of BusinessWeek’s best-selling authors of past decades.

Jack Canfield is the CEO of Chicken Soup for the Soul® Enterprises, a billion dollar empire that encompasses licensing, merchandising and publishing activities around the globe and is affectionately known as "America's #1 Success Coach".

Entrepreneur extraordinaire, Nunzio Tumino’s drive to succeed was singular. He literally breathed the qualities that definitively separate the successful from the mega-successful. And now Tumino has released a new book called A Pocketful of Dreams. The stories of how Nunzio got from there to here define the success he garnered for both himself and his family, underpinned always by the supportive and ongoing partnership with his wife, Maria. And at every juncture, his word was the contract.

Bill Browder iniciou sua vida adulta como um rebelde de Wall Street cujos instintos o levaram para a Rússia logo após a queda da União Soviética. E foi ali que ele fez fortuna. Esta é a trajetória de um ativista por acidente. Ao longo do caminho, ele expôs casos chocantes de corrupção no país e por muito pouco não consegue escapar com vida. Seu advogado russo, Sergei Magnitsky, não teve tanta sorte assim: terminou na cadeia, onde foi torturado até a morte.