Biography: business and industry Books
Penguin Putnam Inc #GIRLBOSS
Book SynopsisIn the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called “Lean In for misfits,” Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world.Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had dropped out of school, and was broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school—a job she’d taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay.Flash forward to today, and she’s the founder of Nasty Gal and the founder and CEO of Girlboss. Sophia was never a typical CEO, or a typical anything, and she’s written #GIRLBOSS for other girls like her: outsiders (and insiders) seeking a unique path to success, even when that path is windy as all hell and lined with naysayers.#GIRLBOSS proves that being successful isn’t about where you went to college or how popular you were in high school. It’s about trusting your instincts and following your gut; knowing which rules to follow and which to break; when to button up and when to let your freak flag fly.“A witty and cleverly told account . . . It’s this kind of honest advice, plus the humorous ups and downs of her rise in online retail, that make the book so appealing.” —Los Angeles Times“Amoruso teaches the innovative and entrepreneurial among us to play to our strengths, learn from our mistakes, and know when to break a few of the traditional rules.” —Vanity Fair “#GIRLBOSS is more than a book . . . #GIRLBOSS is a movement.” —Lena Dunham
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History Press Clarence Saunders the Founding of Piggly Wiggly
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History Press The CooperHewitt Dynasty of New York
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Arcadia Publishing The Cartoons of Evansvilles Karl Kae Knecht Half
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Arcadia Publishing Kenneth Helen Spencer of Kansas Champions of
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Arcadia Publishing Mr Selfridge in Chicago Marshall Fields the Windy
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University of Akron Press Color Capital of the World: Growing Up with the
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Triumph Books Out of the Dog House
Book SynopsisIn 1963, Dick Portillo built a 6’ x 12’ trailer with no running water or bathroom and opened a simple hot dog stand in Villa Park, Illinois. He called it "The Dog House." More than 50 years and 50 locations later, his namesake Portillo's restaurants are a Windy City institution, famous for perfect, Chicago-style dogs. In Out of the Dog House, Portillo tells the incredible story of his life, sharing the ingenuity and hard-earned wisdom that went into building a beloved restaurant chain. From a modest childhood as the son of Greek and Mexican immigrants, to the core principles that became essential in growing a national business, this is a singular, at times surprising, tale of how one man crafted his own American dream, one hot dog at a time.
£21.56
Triumph Books Thrivin': The American Dream: A Story of
Book SynopsisFrom the cotton fields of West Texas to a billion-dollar entrepreneur When Jason Camper launched Le-Vel with co-founder Paul Gravette, his guiding vision was to create a company, a brand, and a product line that had never been seen before. Over 10 million customers, approaching 3 billion dollars in sales, and 30 patents later, the inventor of the THRIVE premium product line has fulfilled each goal he set for himself, and he's ready for more. In THRIVIN': The American Dream, Camper gets personal, sharing the grit, grace, and hard-earned wisdom that went into building a transformative wellness brand and achieving success on his own terms. This refreshing memoir traces a path from troubled youngster to global entrepreneur, including candid discussions of the failures along the way which became steppingstones to a billion-dollar enterprise. Readers will also gain practical insights for pursuing their own ambitions in business and beyond.Inspiring and timely, this is an essential read for leaders, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking the courage and motivation to THRIVE.
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Triumph Books (IL) The Devil Is in the Details
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Disruption Books Up and Doing: Two Presidents, Three Mistakes, and
Book SynopsisFrom championing developing nations to funding our carbon-free future, investor and advisor James Harmon reveals how markets can move the world forward by creating stable, growing economies and sound deals that promote economic development.James Harmon has always had a passion for ambitious causes. As a banker, he successfully advised corporations, like Starbucks, and helped them to become cultural institutions. Dabbling in the movie and music industries, he found meaning in funding the art he felt would make people happy and add to the public good. His unique perspective on investment led him to the Clinton White House as head of EXIM Bank and, eventually, to Egypt, where he represented the State Department shortly after the Arab Spring. Still “up and doing,” today he cochairs the board of the World Resources Institute. Not all of Harmon’s deals were successes, and he recounts the wins and losses in equal detail, exposing lessons learned, and even sharing a few farcical scenes featuring Washington’s and Wall Street’s most notorious bold-face names. No matter where he is replanted, Harmon advocates for global change by examining the issues of our time, including women’s financial empowerment and the urgent need to fight climate change. He encourages our leaders to apply lessons learned in the private sector to the world’s most demanding challenges, from helping a local community to electing a president or bolstering a developing African nation.Up and Doing presents a tale of the deals that made Harmon a celebrated figure in the world of global investment, and shows that the best way to do well is by also doing good.Trade Review"Harmon deftly manages the writer's trick of turning his life into story. The tales of this one man's astonishing journey are irresistible, riotous, resonant, heartfelt, and subtly revealing of where America has been and where we're headed. I loved this book." -- Ron Suskind, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of The One Percent Doctrine and Life, Animated"While some would have taken their Wall Street winnings and coasted, Jim went to Washington, Asia, and Africa to help define a new frontier of investing. [He] could have stopped there, but he saw yet more purpose and impact to be made -- with the environment, Egypt's economy, and now this book." -- Roben Farzad, host of public radio's Full Disclosure"Harmon finds that his financial expertise is vital, but he is convinced that what matters far more is his talent for building relationshipswith Hollywood movie executives, Mormon businessmen in Utah, Washington politicians, Russian oligarchs, and Egyptian entrepreneurs." -- Connie Bruck, staff writer for The New Yorker"From billion-dollar business deals to pathbreaking climate change research, Up and Doing defies classificationmuch like its author. Jim Harmon's inspiring book traces a career in the service of others and gives new hope for harnessing the power of economic development to secure a sustainable future for generations to come." -- Andrew Steer, President and CEO, Bezos Earth Fund"For those who wish to understand complex market dynamics and how investing has the potential to create positive change, Up and Doing serves as an invaluable and informative reference." -- Sherif Kamel, Dean, the American University in Cairo School of Business"Whether focusing on climate change, assisting or investing in underdeveloped economies, or just standing up to unfair policies and practices, Harmon proves again the importance of 'doing.' The candor of his reflections and the import of his actions will inform and inspire others to get up every day and go about the work of making a better world." -- Ruth Simmons, President, Prairie View A&M University"In a time of division and polarization, Up and Doing is a refreshing return to the lost art of relationship building. James Harmon has given us a playbook for transforming the world through the most challenging financial markets, but it's more than that too. It's an inspiring story of a wildly successful career." -- Stephen Ross, Chairman and Founder of Related Companies"An enlightening career account, personally candid and politically astute." -- Kirkus
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Disruption Books Facing Hard Truths
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Jürgen Klaric. Pobre rico millonario / Jürgen
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Conecta Flamin' Hot: La increíble historia real del
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Archway Publishing Deal Guy: The Life and Adventures of Alan Gelband
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Nimbus Publishing (CN) The Last Canadian Knight: The Unintended Business
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£18.00
Penguin Random House South Africa Forbes’ African Billionaires
Book SynopsisA masterclass in becoming a wealth-generating entrepreneur! Do you have what it takes to become a billionaire? Written by the founder of Forbes Africa, this is a masterclass on how the brightest and most successful entrepreneurs across Africa made their fortunes, as well as a timely look at how the work of entrepreneurs can influence lives in Africa and create the jobs that empty state coffers can no longer afford. Chris Bishop gets up close and personal with the biggest names in business on the continent: Aliko Dangote, Patrice Motsepe, Nicky Oppenheimer, Christo Wiese, Wendy Appelbaum and Stephen Saad, among others. These are the stories of how they not only survived, but thrived, in the fast and furious world of African business: Narendra Raval, the penniless priest who became a steel baron; Tim Tebeila, the barefoot apple-seller who turned into a mining millionaire; Herman Mashaba, the ‘knocksman’ who went from running dice games and dealing drugs to running a city; Pascal Dozie, the economics student who studied with Mick Jagger … This is a rich tapestry of stories about the super-wealthy and the qualities that make them so spectacularly successful, in arguably the most challenging economic arena in the world.
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Equinox Publishing A Little Overmatter
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Berrett-Koehler Merchants of Vision: People Bringing New Purpose and Values to Business
Book SynopsisIn our time of dramatic worldwide change, can business leaders meet the challenges of the marketplace and the needs of people, communities, and the planet? Merchants of Vision profiles 40 business leaders who are successfully working to do just that. James Liebig interviewed dozens of business women and men in 70 organizations from 14 countries. He found executives, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and consultants who recognize business's pervasive global influence and have found ways to use that influence to affect positive change in people's lives and meaningful growth in their businesses. In Merchants of Vision they share their beliefs, experiences, and creative actions. Visionary yet down-to-earth, these real-life portraits provide viable business strategies for: o enhancing social equity, o protecting the natural environment, o fostering human creativity, o serving higher purposes, including spiritual, service, and community values, o behaving ethically, o providing transformational leadership. Representing a variety of business enterprises in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, innovators profiled include, for example: o Elliot Hoffman, president of Just Desserts in San Francisco; o Jacqueline Cambata, president of Phoenix Chemical in Virginia; o Mara Adela Palcos, director of Rio Abierto Institute in Buenos Aires; o Marjorie Kelly, editor and publisher of Business Ethics magazine; o Eckart J. Wintzen, president of BSO/ORIGIN, computer custom software services in The Netherlands; o Joe Jaworski, head, Business Environment Section, Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd., in London, England; o Jagdish Parikh, managing director, Lemuir Group of Companies in Bombay, India; o Carol Frenier, president, The Advantage Group, Inc., specialty advertising in Vermont; o Meryem Le Saget, directeur, Institut de L'Expansion, Group Expansion, business seminars and conferences in Paris, France; o Heini Lippuner, chairman, executive committee, Ciba-Geigy Limited, chemical manufacturing in Basel, Switzerland; o Robert V. Adams, president of Xerox Technology Ventures in California. These are people of action and integrity who sustain themselves with the creative friction between their idealism and their knowledge of the real world. Their experiences-addressing issues of personal responsibility and product quality, expanding markets and shrinking natural resources, technological advancement and cultural preservation-reveal ways businesses must adapt to survive, thrive, innovate, and lead.
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HigherLife Publishing Think Like A Pro - Act Like A Pro
Book SynopsisLEARN TO BE SUCCESSFUL INYOUR HOME AND CAREER Former NFL All-Pro linebacker Al Smith shares his personal experiences and the lessons he learnedfrom his mentors. Included are 17 lessons on what it takes to go from amateur to pro in allaspects of life, not just in sports or in business. This book will encourage you, maybe even challenge you to take an all-in, all-pro mindset embracing the attitude and character it takes to boththink like a pro and act like a pro!
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Barlow Book Publishing inc. The Zero Dollar Car: How the Revolution in Big
Book SynopsisThe Zero Dollar Car , written by John Ellis, former head of technology at Ford, explores the deep changes that Big Data will make to our lives in the very near future. A car is a perfect example. Right now cars are outfitted with sensors that gather valuable information about the driver and road conditions. What if the driver could trade that information for money? That information could be so valuable that it could pay for the car. Cars are only the beginning. Imagine the Zero Dollar House—would you be willing to trade the information sensors gather in your fridge, your bathroom, and elsewhere? Big technology companies like Apple and Google are already profiting from the sale of this kind of information, so why shouldn't we? Ellis tells the story of one of the unlikely pioneers in this business and aims to prepare readers for the incredible changes ahead, once consumers are in a position to profit from Big Data. It could result in major financial rewards for the consumer, but, Ellis warns, the sharing of data from home and car and elsewhere could also create serious and even deadly trouble. Car Today, House Tomorrow. Be Change Ready.Trade Review"John Ellis looks ahead and connects the dots of the utility of the automobile and the incredible data that is generated from understanding how we use it. His vision and insights will ignite your creativity." -- Tim Sullivan, Managing Principal, Meyers Research, a Kennedy Wilson Company"Whether you like it or not, John Ellis tells it like it is." -- Regina Hopper Formerly, President and CEO, ITS America"John Ellis' perspectives on the influence that data will play on consumer experiences, product development and the underlying ecosystems that connect both are fascinating and foreboding for those in, and outside of, the automotive industry." -- Aaron Schulenburg, Executive Director Society of Collision Repair Specialists
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The Sutherland House Inc. The Successor: The High-Stakes Life of Lachlan
Book SynopsisA book about power, apprenticeship, and succession in the first family of mediaAn heir apparent to the first global media dynasty, Lachlan Murdoch has been waiting to run his father Rupert''s empire all his life. In this riveting first biography of a little-understood but hugely influential figure, acclaimed journalist Paddy Manning asks: can the dutiful son hang onto the empire, or will the third generation of Murdoch moguls prove the last?Despite a life in the spotlight, Lachlan''s personality, politics, and business acumen remain enigmatic. Is he the ultra-conservative ideologue media reports maintain, or a free-thinking libertarian, as some friends suggest?After emerging victorious from the Murdoch family''s turbulent succession wars, Lachlan is stepping up at a time of unprecedented instability. What can we expect from his time at the helm, and does he have what it takes to chart a future for this century-old company? This is a book about the good, the bad, and the ugly of the global media world, and about America in the age of Trump and Murdoch. It is a book about power, apprenticeship, and succession.
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El negociador: Consejos para triunfar en la vida
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El negociador (Edición especial) / The Negotiator
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Mi vida plena: Trabajo, familia y nuestro futuro
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Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial La historia de Lego. Como un juguete despertó la
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£19.96
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Lecciones de liderazgo creativo. Lecciones
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Penguin Random House SEA The Asian Maverick
Book SynopsisLife and leadership lessons from an Asian perspective, based on the career of a man who has risen to the top of the Western corporate ladder and left it all behind to start something new Chris Lee had a cushy role. For a decade, he led the Asia-Pacific division of Medtronic, a multibillion dollar business and one of the world's largest manufacturers of medical devices, and consistently produced excellent business outcomes. Then, at fifty-six, he threw all of that away to start VentureBlick, an international fundraising platform matching healthcare startups and medical investors. Why did Lee do that? Lee takes us through his journey as one of the youngest Asian leaders in an MNC (youngest director in Merck at age twenty-seven, youngest country manager at thirty, first Asia-Pacific leader reporting to Bayer HQ at thirty-nine), how he brought Asian leadership sensibilities into multiple global companies, and reveals why he believes it's important for corporate leaders to adopt an Asian le
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