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1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire Cover Image Book

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

1000 dollars and an idea (other title)
One thousand dollars and an idea (other title)
Wyly, Sam. (Author).

Summary:

In this memoir, Sam Wyly recounts his experiences, decisions, and business strategies that led him to become a self-made billionaire.

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  • ISBN: 1557048487
  • ISBN: 9781557048486
  • ISBN: 9781557048646
  • Physical Description: x, 293 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition, expanded edition
  • Publisher: New York : Newmarket Press, [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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Wyly, Sam.
Billionaires > United States > Biography.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Entrepreneurship > United States > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.

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