by introduction by William J. O'Neil (2004)
Includes profiles of Bill Bowerman (Nike Co-founder), Walt Disney (animator), Oprah Winfrey (media innovator), Andrew Carnegie (industrialist), Katharine Graham (publisher), James Morgan (chief executive officer of Applied Materials), Carly Fiorina (chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard), Mary Kay Ash (founder of Mary Kay cosmetics), Dale Carnegie (self-help pioneer), David Stern (NBA commissioner), Sam Walton (Wal-Mart founder), Thomas Golisano (chief executive officer of Paychex), Ray Kroc (founder of McDonald's), Brownie Wise (of Tupperware), Charles Tandy (chairman of Tandy), Charles R. Walgreen (founder of Walgreen Co.), Sheryl Leach (creator of "Barney"), A.P. Giannini (of Bank of America), William Wrigley, Jr.^ (founder of Wrigley Co.), Nancy Brinker (organizer), Billiam Boeing (aviation pioneer), Michael Barrington (founder of AmeriCredit), Jen-Hsun Huang (of Nvidia), Daisy Braxton (entrepreneur), Charles Mathewson (chairman of International Game Technology), MIchael Birch (chief executive officer of Tellabs), Konosuke Matsushita (founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.), John H. Johnson (founder of Johnson Publishing), Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus (of Home Depot), Scott Kriens (chief executive officer of Juniper Networks), Ann Fudge (of Kraft Foods), Robert Woodruff (of Coca-Cola), Michael Dell (founder of Dell Computer Corp.), Jorma Ollila (of Nokia), Jeffrey Bleustein (of Harley-Davidson), Joan Ganz Cooney (creator of Sesame Street), Alfred P. West, Jr. (of SEI Investments), Meg Whitman (of eBay), Steve Case (of American On Line), Mickey Drexler (of Gap, Inc.), Howard Schultz (of Starbucks Corp.), Linda Sanford (of IBM), David Gold (of 99 Cents Only Stores), Madame D.J.^ Walker (cosmetics entrepreneur), David Ogilvy (founder of Ogilvy & Mather), John Chambers (chief executive officer of Cisco Systems), Pierre Omidyar (founder of eBay), Ole and Bess Evinrude (founders of Outboard Marine Corp.), W. Edwards Deming (statistician), Coco Chanel (fashion designer), Joseph C. Wilson (of Xerox), John Mauchly (co-inventor of ENIAC and Univac), Howard Head (inventor), Robert Noyce (Intel co-founder), Jack Welch (chief executive officer of General Electric).
John Sculley with John A. Byrne
Part drama, part business blueprint, Odyssey is above all the story of how a person who had the opportunity to experience both worlds-old and new, East and West Coast, formal and multidimensional-has so dramatically changed in the process.
Cassie Parks
"Some people would say starting their own business from scratch and building it up to a comfortable income is the hardest part. However, many realize that doubling their business is the bigger task and often wonder how they can accomplish this while still enjoying their life. After all, there are only 24 hours in a day! When business owners already feel too busy to find and serve more clients, it can seem impossible to double their business without duplicating themselves. Even after coming up with numerous options, and getting opinions from others, sometimes nothing seems to feel good because every solution requires more of their time and energy that is currently at a premium. In Double your business, entrpreneurs will find the path to doubling their business without doubling their hours"--Page [4] of cover.
Melanne Verveer and Kim K. Azzarelli
"Learn how some of the world's most powerful women are using their growing economic power to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world. Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In ignited a conversation about women and their careers, and resonated with millions of readers. Fast Forward, by two women leaders with experience and access throughout corporate America and around the world, takes the next step. Through interviews with a network of over fifty trailblazing women, it shows women how to accelerate their growing economic power and combine it with purpose to create success and meaning in their lives while building a better world"--
Lionel Sosa
Guía para latinos que manejan o desean iniciar una empresa de negocios en los EUA, ofreciendo consejos prácticos para enfrentar los principales problemas a enfrentar, y narrando anécdotas de destacados hispanos en EUA.