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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
“Do it yourself” has been the theme of Bernie Marcus’s entire life. By the time he was fifteen, he had held more than a dozen jobs, joined a gang, and worked as a hypnotist in the Catskills. The son of a cabinetmaker and garment worker who survived the Triangle Shirtwaist fire, Bernie overcame a hardscrabble upbringing to author one of the most entrepreneurial stories in American history. Success was far from assured. As Bernie wryly remarks,...
Author
Publisher
Conecta/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
A partir de sus memorias relata c̤mo el poder de la escasez, la misi̤n, la feminidad, el riesgo, el fracaso, la espiritualidad, la experiencia y la mentor̕a la han guiado cuesta arriba en su labor por empoderar a los microempresarios mexicanos con el fin de que eleven su calidad de vida, alcancen el bienestar, se reduzca la pobreza, haya una mejor distribuci̤n de la riqueza y tengamos un pa̕s m̀s justo.
Based on her memoirs, she recounts how...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Biz Stone, the co-founder of Twitter, discusses the power of creativity and how to harness it, through stories from his remarkable life and career. From GQ's "Nerd of the Year" to one of Time's most influential people in the world, Biz Stone represents different things to different people. But he is known to all as the creative, effervescent, funny, charmingly positive and remarkably savvy co-founder of Twitter-the social media platform that singlehandedly...
9) Good company
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The Home Depot co-founder and owner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons relates his experiences with revitalizing troubled organizations and outlines a practical approach to a values-based business that utilizes the cooperative potential of purpose and profit.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"At a time when the five most valuable companies on the planet are high-tech firms and nearly half of Americans say they cannot live without their cell phones, Troublemakers reveals the untold story of how we got here. This is the gripping tale of seven exceptional men and women, pioneers of Silicon Valley in the 1970s and early 1980s. Together, they worked across generations, industries, and companies to bring technology from Pentagon offices and...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
James O'Toole, an expert on ethical leadership, analyzes the complicated history of businesspeople who attempted to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organization practices. He tells the largely forgotten stories of men and women who adopted forward-thinking business practices designed to serve the needs of their employees, customers, communities, and the natural environment.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From the coauthors of the New York Times bestseller Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle comes the highly anticipated follow up, The Genius of Israel, which outlines the defining factors behind Israel's successful track record of innovation and explaining how other nations can learn from its development"--
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