Beyond Tallulah : how Sam Wyly became America's boldest big-time entrepreneur / by Dennis Hamilton.
At the dawn of the Information Age in 1963, a computer salesman in Texas saw an opportunity where IBM, his former employer, saw only dusty oil camps. This young entrepreneur, who had grown up dirt-poor in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, staked his young family's livelihood on the notion that computers would help out local businesses - and quite possibly, revolutionize the way America did business.
Record details
- ISBN: 1595910697
- ISBN: 9781595910691
- Physical Description: 335 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Melcher Media, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Thinking beyond Tallulah -- Taking that hill for Big Blue -- There's a pony in there somewhere -- Never let your wallet tell you what you can do -- Talent goes where the action is -- An accidental bonanza -- If you can't join 'em, lick 'em -- Learn, baby, learn! -- Mining your own business -- Exploit the chaos -- How Jonah swallowed the whale -- When all around you are losing their heads -- Let a thousand super-entrepreneurs bloom -- The sweet spot at last -- The $8 billion harvest -- Investing the time to invest wisely -- We're doing this for Ray -- The dirty politics of clean energy -- Epilogue: We need a cat.
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- 16 of 16 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 338 WYL (Text) | 31111002503264 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Comfort Public Library | B WYLY (Text) | 39149006509822 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Kemp Sugg Memorial Library | B WYLY (Text) | 58198000565112 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Kenly Public Library | B WYLY (Text) | 38950610374243 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| McMillan Memorial Library | B WYLY (Text) | 34510610493478 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Mitchell County Public Library | NFIC 338 WYL (Text) | 32222002491373 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Murphy Public Library | B WYLY (Text) | 80605000298561 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Pasquotank Library Main | B WYLY (Text) | 39488101527465 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Pembroke Public Library | B WYLY (Text) | 34510610493486 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | B WYLY, SAM (Text) | 0112518708667 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
