1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire / Sam Wyly.
In this memoir, Sam Wyly recounts his experiences, decisions, and business strategies that led him to become a self-made billionaire.
Record details
- ISBN: 1557048487
- ISBN: 9781557048486
- ISBN: 9781557048646
- Physical Description: x, 293 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First edition, expanded edition
- Publisher: New York : Newmarket Press, [2009]
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "With new chapters on the Great Crash of 2008 and looking ahead"--cover.Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- "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.
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- 15 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library | B WYLY (Text) | 34510610428847 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | NFIC 338 WYL (Text) | 31111002446365 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | SBE 338 WYL (Text) | 39488200796524 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bladen Main Branch | 338.04 WYL (Text) | 30441100584317 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | 338.04 W (Text) | 25908005765347 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Gilbert Patterson Memorial Library | B WYLY (Text) | 34510610428904 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Hudson (Fontana) | Bio & Memoir WYLY (Text) | 39493106713011 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Kenly Public Library | 338 Wyl (Text) | 38950610088397 | Adult Nonfiction | Reshelving | - |
| Lexington Public Library | 338.04 W (Text) | 25908005765420 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mitchell County Public Library | NFIC 338 WYL (Text) | 32222002473181 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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