Forbes Greatest Business Stories of All Time (Forbes)
What do Bill Gates, Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, Mary Kay Ash, and Walt Disney all have in common? Uncompromising vision, a willingness to take risks, and exceptional business acumen. Not only did these individuals amass great fortunes, they revolutionized the business world and helped shape society as we know it. Theirs are just a few of the stories collected in this anthology of commercial ingenuity. Drawing on a wealth of sources, this priceless collection brings to life extraordinary achievements, many of them forgotten or little known: how Robert Morris, the preeminent merchant of the eighteenth century, financed the American Revolution with his personal credit; how Ray Kroc used a shrewd real estate strategy to turn a faltering hamburger franchise operation into the McDonald's fast food empire; and how Mary Kay Ash built a billion-dollar direct sales cosmetics company by preaching a message of economic empowerment to women. Enlightening and fascinating, Forbes(r) Greatest Business Stories of All Time celebrates larger-than-life ambition, inspired leadership, wheeling and dealing, and hard work. Forbes is a registered trademark of Forbes Inc. Its use is pursuant to a license agreement with Forbes Inc.
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Recent Reviews
- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-29-2008
- Another solid piece from Forbes
This book offers a compressive look into many entertaining and inspiring business stories. I found the writing style acceptable and the content exceptional. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in business stories as you...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Dec-18-2006
- Excellent Business book!
This is a great effort by the people at Forbes to categorize historical business trends. They do a wonderful job telling us various stories from the founding days of the United States to Henry Ford to modern day America. They are all...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jul-05-2006
- Very Inspiring
This book was very inspiring. It is a very quick read because all of the biography is concise and to the point. Some of the people I had never heard of before and that made it all the more interesting. I don't know whether I would have...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-10-2005
- Chicken Soup For the Entrepreneurial Soul
This is a quick read of 20 different stories that have historically and tremendously impacted all of us. This book is inspirational and instructional in content, and although I had heard many of these stories before I gleaned many ideas...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Mar-29-2008
- Another solid piece from Forbes
This book offers a compressive look into many entertaining and inspiring business stories. I found the writing style acceptable and the content exceptional. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in business stories as you...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-21-2005
- Plain Tails from the Hills
Quite inspiring to see what can man achieve when not scared. I think everybody can get from this book a little trigger to his successfull life. Not only for career, but for the life itself. I would prefer more pictures to get a little...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Sep-05-2004
- This will BORE you to death!
Im a regular reader of Forbes Magazine, and theres nothing i love more then reading about inspirational stories of entrepreneurs, businessmen, tycoons etc so i picked up this book thinking its by "Forbes" so it must have some great...
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