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The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook Ben Mezrich The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook.Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard unde… OL14924461W
Idea man Idea man Paul Allen In this long-awaited memoir, Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, explains how he has solved problems, what he's learned from his many endeavors--both the triumphs and the failures--and his compelling… OL16113865W
Raising eyebrows Raising eyebrows Dal LaMagna "The often hilarious and sometimes poignant story behind Dal LaMagna's rise in the beauty industry By the time LaMagna graduated from the Harvard Business School, his entrepreneurial activities-incl… OL16121050W
The Everything Store The Everything Store Brad Stone This book is the definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos. Amazon.com started off delivering books through t… OL16808249W
Five Seconds At A Time Five Seconds At A Time Denis S. J. Shackel,Tara Bradacs When a tragic mountain-climbing accident left business professor Denis Shackel stranded on Mount Ruapehu in New Zealand, he turned to the leadership principles he’d been teaching for years to survive… OL16817034W
Becoming Steve Jobs Becoming Steve Jobs Brent Schlender,Rick Tetzeli "Based on the hugely popular cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in his… OL17881333W
After the Ball After the Ball Patricia Beard Glamorous, cultured, and ambitious -- but fatally young and naïve -- James Hazen Hyde was twenty-three when he inherited the majority shares in the billion-dollar Equitable Life Assurance Society in … OL1929473W
Finding my virginity Finding my virginity Richard Branson Global business icon Richard Branson has written many books, but none have been more popular than his first memoir, 1998's Losing My Virginity. Now he's finally publishing his second volume of memoir… OL19724759W
Bend, not break Bend, not break Ping Fu In her autobiography, Ping Fu tells her story as she lived it--from child soldier and political prisoner to a CEO and "Inc." magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year. OL19961908W
Chaos monkeys Chaos monkeys Antonio García Martínez "The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of… OL20032373W
Ray & Joan Ray & Joan Lisa Napoli This fall, the movie The Founder will focus the spotlight on Ray Kroc, who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonalds. But what about his wife, Joan, who became famous for giving that fortune awa… OL20052713W
American Oligarchs American Oligarchs Andrea Bernstein A multigenerational saga of two families, who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of wealth and power, that tracks the unraveling of American democracy. In American Oligarchs, award-winning … OL20654459W
The Savage way The Savage way Frank Savage BInspiring lessons on business and life from Frank Savage/b Frank Savage's is an unlikely success story. Raised in segregated Washington, DC, by his mother, a hairdresser and entrepreneur with little… OL20946930W
The Cell Game The Cell Game Alex Prud'homme It began with a promising cancer drug, the brainchild of a gifted researcher, and grew into an insider trading scandal that ensnared one of America's most successful women. The story of ImClone Syste… OL225259W
Building a Billion Building a Billion Charlie Berridge vii, 253 pages ; 24 cm OL27335192W
The corporate shaman The corporate shaman Richard C. Whiteley ix, 148 p. ; 22 cm OL2984740W
Call me Ted Call me Ted Ted Turner "Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!" These words of fatherly advice helped shape Ted Turner's remarkable life, but they only begin to explain the colorful, energetic, and uni… OL3802703W
21 Leaders for The 21st Century 21 Leaders for The 21st Century Fons Trompenaars Fons Trompenaars and Charles Hampden-Turner are considered today's most knowledgeable, innovative management consultants. In 21 Leaders for the 21st Century, they tap into the wisdom of high-performi… OL5789946W
H. J. Heinz H. J. Heinz Quentin R. Skrabec "Few people know anything at all about the founder of this global brand, H. J. Heinz. Heinz was well known for his humane treatment of his employees, customers, and suppliers. Heinz built a commercia… OL5840401W
Confessions of a municipal bond salesman Confessions of a municipal bond salesman Jim Lebenthal A true Wall Street icon tells his story in Confessions of a Municipal Bond Salesman. Follow Jim Lebenthal's life journey from Hollywood reporter to renowned bond salesman in this intriguing book. E… OL5841496W
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