Biography & Autobiography - Business

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Imagine standing in the middle of a beautiful house and being able to say without a shadow of a doubt, "I am the owner." To be a homeowner can most certainly be considered part of the American dream; however, due to historic disparities and...

Silas Lapham Griffith was an important Vermont figure in the late 1800s, a proverbial Yankee who went from modest beginnings to great wealth. At age 30, he owned the Danby Store in Danby, Vermont. Slight of body, but vital, he built a logging and...

Among the engineers fueling the rapid rise of the automotive industry at the dawn of the 20th century was James Allison, a fountain pen maker who joined with Carl G. Fisher in 1904 to found Prest-O-Lite, an early manufacturer of the power source for...

Have you ever wondered how some of the world's most successful business owners got to where they are today? Ever struggled with the overwhelming call to carve your own path, but can't quite push past the fear of taking a huge risk? The Art...

Born to a minister and his wife in a small town in South Africa under the apartheid regime, Max Mabuti had a rough start. One night, masked terrorists burst into their home and beat his mother and father, crushed his grandfather's skull with a...

In a world that has become increasingly complicated and impersonal, it is easy to feel that each of our individual lives is relatively insignificant.But nothing could be further from the truth. Every life is unique! Each of us is created with the potential to...

This is the first biography of the man who, as J.P. Morgan's CEO and the leading banker of his generation, helped establish U.S. economic policy through his broad-reaching financial, political and social connections. Thomas W. Lamont began life as the son of a Methodist...

Hairstylists make cutting hair look easy. So easy that many of us have tried to do it-on ourselves or someone else-and failed miserably. Forget about bangs, how do they create layers, the right shade of lilac, or balayage? What even is balayage? Aren't all...

Hairstylists make cutting hair look easy. So easy that many of us have tried to do it-on ourselves or someone else-and failed miserably. Forget about bangs, how do they create layers, the right shade of lilac, or balayage? What even is balayage? Aren't all...

"When you get to a fork in the road, grab it and have some CAKE!" "It must have been very cathartic for you to write cake, journaling is a good way to get things out, get perspective and get a 30000ft view on your...

"When you get to a fork in the road, grab it and have some CAKE!" "It must have been very cathartic for you to write cake, journaling is a good way to get things out, get perspective and get a 30000ft view on your...

Throughout his half-century career, self-made businessman David Semas has drawn inspiration from President Theodore Roosevelt's famous speech on "The Man in the Arena" in 1910, which was about daring to risk everything rather than playing it safe. In the real world, roughly a third...

Throughout his half-century career, self-made businessman David Semas has drawn inspiration from President Theodore Roosevelt's famous speech on "The Man in the Arena" in 1910, which was about daring to risk everything rather than playing it safe. In the real world, roughly a third...

The poignant rise and fall of an idealistic immigrant who, as CEO of a major conglomerate, tried to change the way America did business before he himself was swallowed up by corporate corruption. At 8 a.m. on February 3, 1975, Eli Black leapt to...

Have you ever wondered why you are not achieving the results you deserve? Have you ever wondered why some people achieve at a higher level than others? If you answered yes to the previous questions, this book was written with you in mind.The Winning...

"Nil Illegitimi Carborundum - Don't let the bastards grind you down!"Guided by this motto (and a couple of others), I embarked at the age of 17 to become a banker in Trinidad and Tobago. My career at first Barclays Bank and then Republic Bank...

The premise for this book was an introspection into Information Technology (IT) which I felt has neither been done before or in this style. All the events and conversations written have all happened and, to reduce folk's embarrassment, everyone in the book has been...

The national bestseller now in paperback: the revealing personal memoir from Tom Perkins?renowned venture capitalist, Silicon Valley and biotechnology pioneer, and one of America's most successful businessmen. Known for his idiosyncratic ideas and golden touch, Tom Perkins has always been one of the business...

Shocking bestseller: the original version of this astonishing tell-all book spent seventy-three weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.25 million copies, and has been translated into thirty-two languages. New revelations: featuring fifteen explosive new chapters, this expanded edition...

Our world today -- from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the strategy of the Pentagon -- has been shaped irrevocably by the technology of silicon transistors. Year after year, for half a...

Walter Chrysler established the Chrysler Corporation from the embers of the Maxwell-Chambers Auto Works; then founded the much larger Dodge Brothers Motor Co. In this book he tells his story simply and with many entertaining anecdotes. He talks about his childhood, his work on...

NOW I'M FAMOUSWith a life I can only describe so far as an amazing rollercoaster I've sat comfortably, seat belt fastened, absorbing every bump, dip, corner, pace, the starts, the stops, the judders and some slow crawls, with all those said i have no...

A Life Worth Living tells the story of Michael Smurfit and the company he built. From humble beginnings, through years of hard work, it documents the Smurfit Group's seemingly inexorable growth, the challenges faced and overcome, and the many deals that continually doubled the...

This book contains well over a hundred years of barber experience and advice from inspirational barbers from around the globe. The Author, Tom Chapman is a barber, educator, ambassador, spokesperson, and founder of The Lions Barber Collective charity. He has been a part of...

Have you ever thought you had your life planned just right when all of a sudden it was as though someone snatched the floor from underneath your feet? Suddenly, your world seemed to be falling apart at bullet speed?In Contractor by Surprise! Terri Walker...

In June 2020, Trident Booksellers and Cafe celebrated its 40th anniversary. This book was made in celebration. It commemorates the history and community of Trident with pictures, stories, poems and more submitted by the Trident community near and far, old and new. May Trident...

"You Were Born To Fly" Do you lack motivation? Do you need inspiration? Has your life not turned out the way you hoped? Have the road maps of life that you have taken led you to a dead end?If you answered "YES" to any...

From growing up on the banks of the Ohio River during the Great Depression to acquiring executive management roles at large international companies, James Hardymon's life has been full of twists, turns, hard work, and achievement. During his career, Hardymon helped build corporations as...

Adeem built his fortune off the creation of the UK's most successful Muslim marriage App, SingleMuslim.com. From his success as a self-starter entrepreneur, he went on to found the charity, Penny Appeal, in his home city of Wakefield and in the memory of his...

This book reveals who the real Sir Richard Branson is. We will show you that he is not the playboy one might think he is and he is actually not as rich as people think he is - he is richer. There are a...

How did a young girl from England end up owning the largest erotic library in the world? From creating a multi-million-dollar phone sex business for the mob to shaking up Larry Flynt's enterprise, Gail shares the raw truth. A juicy, wild and often hilarious...

As the brains and driving force behind Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has become the youngest billionaire in the history of the planet. As this comic reveals, the road for the success for both his creation and him personally was not preordained nor was it always...

Steve D. Bullock was one of 22 children born to a sharecropper in segregated North Carolina...And rose to become the first African American President of the American Red Cross.Now his book chronicles how his "Four Pillars" of God, Family, Education, and Career elevated him...

In his new memoir, Chef Pete Blohme shares his personal journey to becoming a professional chef and restaurateur, and how the philosophy inspired by one basic kitchen utensil has been the secret ingredient to his success - both in business and in building a...

6 Tough (But True) Lessons About Business is about life and business lessons that I've endured on my entrepreneur/business journey some was good and was some bad but no matter how tough it got I learn to not let that stop me from achieving...

When Rael Levitt stepped onto the podium at Quoin Rock Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in December 2011, he was CEO of the industry-pioneering Auction Alliance and at the pinnacle of a glittering 20-year career.But then disaster struck.After being accused by a powerful...

People always asked how I did it.In the late 1970s, Kathy Clarke was the midwife for what became a burgeoning incentive travel industry in Hawai'i. Part memoir and part trade chronicle, View from the Volcano deftly combines the events of Clarke's personal life with...

The LIBOR affair has been described as the 'biggest banking scandal in history', a deception affecting not only banks but also corporations, pension funds and ordinary people. But was this just the tip of the iceberg? Was the scandal the work of a few...

If anyone wants to understand the fate of France in the 20th century, this is the book to read. --Arthur Herman, historian and bestselling author of How the Scots Invented the Modern World. In 1906, Fran'ois Coty became a multimillionaire within two years of...

"As an Asian woman, I can particularly relate well to May's growing path from a traditional Chinese family and its expectation of a girl. People of similar backgrounds will discover the power of learning to love oneself unconditionally and the strength of it. Even...

"Try retail. They never lay you off," said a very good friend of mine whose perspective I respected since he was going to be a millionaire by the time he was thirty-five. So began my more-than-thirty-year journey of fun and frolic in the service...

The backbone of businesses, the opener and closer of deals, the risktaker who bets on themself-that's an entrepreneur. Jay D. Rodgers has seen and done it all: from the gritty start-ups to full-scale, world-wide businesses that generate millions in revenue each year. For more...

Firstborn, which celebrates the legacy of Luis Fred Kennedy, his family and business, is a narrative that takes on a character of its own, larger than life. At the age of twenty one, after the sudden death of his father in 1930, Luis Fred...

At the age of twenty-five, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw partnered with an Irish entrepreneur, Leslie Auchincloss, to start Biocon India in a garage in Bengaluru. Armed with just a degree in beer making, this move to industrial enzymes and commodity small molecules was as audacious as...

Firstborn, which celebrates the legacy of Luis Fred Kennedy, his family and business, is a narrative that takes on a character of its own, larger than life. At the age of twenty one, after the sudden death of his father in 1930, Luis Fred...

The extraordinary inside story of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and rare interviews with the founding family that still owns the companyThis book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand. --Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, former President/CEO of...

Kerry Edwards's life took an adventurous turn when the world, especially the USA, got hit by the Great Recession of 2008. Unemployment was peaking, people were struggling, and as a salesman, Kerry's luck had withered for there was nothing people were willing to buy....

Businesses these days talk a lot about figuring out what the customer wants. Well, here's your first lesson: the customer doesn't know what he wants. This book is going to show you how to convince him he wants the thing you're selling. Les Gold...

Legendary media baron Sir Frank Packer was pugnacious, autocratic and always controversial. After joining forces with Labor politician E.G. Theodore to establish Australian Consolidated Press and the Women's Weekly in the 1930s, his empire grew to encompass newspapers, magazines and the Nine television network.This...