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The Resource 1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire, Sam Wyly

1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire, Sam Wyly

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Summary
"My work is to create companies and build them," writes Sam Wyly in this memoir, which reveals how he established and expanded companies on the leading edge of advancements in technology, energy, retail, and investments over the last forty-five years. A natural storyteller, Wyly relates the process, relationships, struggles, and strategies that have made him one of the 1,000 wealthiest people in the world. Part autobiography and part inspirational business guide, 1,000 Dollars and an Idea is full of refreshing insights and homespun life lessons about what it takes to create, grow, and build successful companies."--Jkt
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 293 pages
Note
Includes index
Contents
  • "Beat Tallulah"
  • Flora's boys
  • Big blue
  • Peter Drucker wrote the bible
  • Reach for a star, not a handful of mud
  • Me and Ross Perot
  • The birth of a company
  • A thousand dollars and an idea
  • Multinational entrepreneur
  • If you can't join 'em, beat 'em
  • Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying
  • Before there was software, there was Don Thomson
  • Earth resources
  • Bonanza
  • Taking my losses
  • Sterling software
  • Money's not scarce
  • Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do
  • The crafty woman
  • Maverick investor
  • The good earth
  • Surprise
  • The great crash of 2008
  • No money down
  • Growth
Isbn
9781557048486
Instance
Label
1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire
Title
1,000 dollars and an idea
Title remainder
entrepreneur to billionaire
Statement of responsibility
Sam Wyly
Title variation
  • 1000 dollars and an idea
  • One thousand dollars and an idea
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"My work is to create companies and build them," writes Sam Wyly in this memoir, which reveals how he established and expanded companies on the leading edge of advancements in technology, energy, retail, and investments over the last forty-five years. A natural storyteller, Wyly relates the process, relationships, struggles, and strategies that have made him one of the 1,000 wealthiest people in the world. Part autobiography and part inspirational business guide, 1,000 Dollars and an Idea is full of refreshing insights and homespun life lessons about what it takes to create, grow, and build successful companies."--Jkt
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Wyly, Sam
Dewey number
  • 338/.04092
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
HC102.5.W95
LC item number
W95 2008
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Wyly, Sam
  • Businessmen
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Billionaires
Label
1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire, Sam Wyly
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Beat Tallulah" -- Flora's boys -- Big blue -- Peter Drucker wrote the bible -- Reach for a star, not a handful of mud -- Me and Ross Perot -- The birth of a company -- A thousand dollars and an idea -- Multinational entrepreneur -- If you can't join 'em, beat 'em -- Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying -- Before there was software, there was Don Thomson -- Earth resources -- Bonanza -- Taking my losses -- Sterling software -- Money's not scarce -- Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do -- The crafty woman -- Maverick investor -- The good earth -- Surprise -- The great crash of 2008 -- No money down -- Growth
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 293 pages
Isbn
9781557048486
Lccn
2008003175
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
ocn780003735
Label
1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire, Sam Wyly
Publication
Copyright
Note
Includes index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"Beat Tallulah" -- Flora's boys -- Big blue -- Peter Drucker wrote the bible -- Reach for a star, not a handful of mud -- Me and Ross Perot -- The birth of a company -- A thousand dollars and an idea -- Multinational entrepreneur -- If you can't join 'em, beat 'em -- Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying -- Before there was software, there was Don Thomson -- Earth resources -- Bonanza -- Taking my losses -- Sterling software -- Money's not scarce -- Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do -- The crafty woman -- Maverick investor -- The good earth -- Surprise -- The great crash of 2008 -- No money down -- Growth
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
x, 293 pages
Isbn
9781557048486
Lccn
2008003175
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
System control number
ocn780003735

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