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

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

Title remainder

entrepreneur to billionaire

Statement of responsibility

Sam Wyly

Instantiates

• 1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire

Publication

• New York, Newmarket Press, 2009

Note

• Includes index
• "What I learned creating and building Bonanza Steakhouse, Maverick Capital, Michaels Stores, University Computing, Sterling Software, & Green Mountain Energy"--Cover

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

Expanded ed.

Extent

x, 293 p.

Isbn

9781557048646

Isbn Type

(cloth : alk. paper)

Lccn

2008003175

System control number

• (Sirsi) i9781557048646
• (Sirsi) 622719
• (OCoLC)455328873