Biography & Autobiography - Business

Author: B. S. AjaikumarISBN-10: 0670092355ISBN-13: 9780670092352Publisher: India PortfolioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/25/2019Pages: 304Format: Hardcover

If you ask people about their earliest memories, most will recall holidays and family parties. But for Arthur, many of his earliest memories include going with his parents to regular hospital visits and staying overnight for blood transfusions. These treatments have been a frequent...

Karmayogi is the dramatic and inspiring story of E. Sreedharan, the much-admired engineer and technocrat who won accolades for finishing the Delhi Metro project within budget and on time, in the face of severe constraints. Known for his efficiency and discipline and regarded the...

1929-1942, a Swiss country boy, trained as a banker, works his way up in the hotel business at Brown's Hotel, London. He saves the Prince of Wales Hotel from bankruptcy and survives the Blitz with wife and two children. He becomes the manager of...

Robert Wyngaert is the fourth of five children, born and raised as a Belgian immigrant on the South Shore of Montreal. At nine years old, he is kicked out of school and forced to make his way in the world through working odd jobs...

In this book, Edward Deeb, the founder of Michigan Food and Beverage Association, Michigan Business and Professional Association, Michigan Youth Appreciation Foundation, and Metro Detroit Youth Day, tells the story of his life and how he became a peacemaker, troubleshooter, youth advocate, and business...

"Absolutely essential reading for every LEGO fan." --BlocksThe definitive history of LEGO, based on unprecedented access to the company's archives and rare interviews with the founding family who still owns the company"This book tells the story of how my family built the LEGO brand."...

Our legal system is broken... So posits Raymond Kawamata in this scathing indictment of the US justice system. And he should know. When Kawamata, a Hawaiian rose farmer, discovered one day that his roses had been dying due to a manufacturing defect of a...

Long before David Letterman made Top Ten lists part of the vernacular; the American Business Women's Association was compiling some impressive lists of its own. Since the early 1950s, ABWA has recognized ten members each year for exceptional achievements. This book contains the stories...

You Can Overcome Anything! Volume 2 - When You Exercise The Mind is a collaboration project between 19 authors who are from all walks of life sharing some of their life stories and lessons. In this book, the authors talk about overcoming some of...

Explains and sheds light on the hot but complicated topic of Big Data Details the building, and growing pains, of a company that Fortune Magazine eventually named "one of the best places to work in America" Candidly recounts the personal struggle of a business...

Leadership is obvious from a mile away, and principled leaders prove that one person can make a difference with a compassionate vision that is bold enough to approach problems in new ways. In the process, such leaders find solutions that change and improve lives....

This is a book about the descendants of Thomas Macy in the United States of America, extending from 1583 to date. One will find in this book the lineage of such individuals as R. H. Macy, the founder of Macy''s Department Stores; General George...

For the 1st time in print, the graphic novel about the late night war. Howard Stern. David Letterman. Chelsea Handler. Conan O'Brien. Jon Stewart: The mouthpieces of a generation and the source for info-tainment, these performers continue to parody hot-button social issues, skewer politicians...

It's a twenty-foot drop off Flower Bridge... With tanks approaching and bombs exploding mere yards away, five-year-old Long has only moments to decide whether to risk the jump to join his brother in the water below. The boys must leave everything they know in...

Kevin started his retail career when he was only 15 years old. With over 20 years of experience, he has held various positions throughout his career in retail including the title of store manager. He has a firm belief about never giving up, never...

It's a twenty-foot drop off Flower Bridge...With tanks approaching and bombs exploding mere yards away, five-year-old Long has only moments to decide whether to risk the jump to join his brother in the water below. The boys must leave everything they know in order...

In an exclusive peek behind the curtain, Thomas Dorsey offers an autobiographical evolution from his childhood in a poor immigrant family to a successful entrepreneur. This book is about searching for meaning and self-purpose. Thomas Dorsey's inspirational autobiography Searching For Telos: With a History...

Although David Leddick has been a Naval officer at the hydrogen bomb tests at the Bikini Atoll, a dancer at the Metropolitan Opera, a novelist, an internationally noted compiler of art books highlighting the male nude in photography and other media, an actor, a...

In Sunnyvale, California, in 1979, Jeff Goodell's family lived quietly on Meadowlark Lane, unaware that their town was soon to become ground zero in the digital revolution. Over the course of the next decade, as Silicon Valley boomed, the Goodell family unraveled. Splintered by...

Title: Insights of an American Investment Manager in Hong Kong Full Description: With a journalist's eye and an economist's analytics, Brook McConnell lays out many of the ideas and strategies that leading firm South Ocean Management has utilized in its rise to the forefront...

How do you grow a business to $100 million in revenue without venture capital? SALES FIRST These two entrepreneurs financed growth the old-fashioned way: by selling products. In the 1980s, Midwestern chemical salesmen John Haugh and Michael Shaughnessy found a new way to add...

'Bower's book is a devastating indictment' Sunday Times 'Explosive ... Bower reveals a remarkable and sinister picture of the man who likes to appear as the ever-smiling hero' Daily Mail A sensational critical biography of the man and his business practices. No British tycoon...

Name by Jonathon Yardly of the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2000, Citizen Coors combines a monumental business story with a heartrending tale of family strife and a sweeping vista of American politics in the last half of the twentieth...

Steve Hannagan was a highly-successful pioneer of public relations who built ground-breaking publicity campaigns for the Indianapolis 500, Miami Beach, Sun Valley, Las Vegas, the 1940 Presidential Campaign, and Coca Cola. He developed, tested, and refined many of the press and publicity principles commonly...

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...

In this memoir, Larry J Gould takes you on a journey with him from one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Leeds, England to one of the most exclusive neighbourhoods in the Hamptons, New York. You will laugh and you will cry. From starting his...

Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters - who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American...

It would be a horrific world to live in if we were harshly judged by a single wrong decision made under immense economic pressure. But it is not those moments that define you. It is how you respond to them that makes you who...

John, Paul, George and Ringo - four names that were destined to change the world. Millions of words have been written about them, but only one person knows exactly what was behind the Fab Four. That man is Alistair Taylor, and in this work...

This is a 'top-shelf' canter along the information super-highway to the secretive hubs of data-storage. Those that grasp all the lessons will be the winners." - Alastair Stewart OBEWe can't live without the internet, but we know very little about the secret industry that...

Learn from history's most remarkable Business Leaders...Five Books in One Walt Disney Thomas Edison John D. Rockefeller Henry Ford Andrew Carnegie So if you want to learn from the best, simply click the "Buy now" button for instant access Walt DisneyThe name Disney is...

Candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on their way to becoming the first (and so far only) female presidents of two of Canada's...

What would become the International Harvester Company, originally was known as the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The McCormicks were one of many who had developed farm machinery, but their company grew due to Cyrus McCormick's attention to building marketing, sales and improved manufacturing. However,...

Former US Navy pilot Dan Bozung graduated from the Harvard Business School and took what should have been a seamless civilian transition and skillfully crafted it into a series of bungled misadventures that left him chastened, defeated, and a complete asshole. What the hell...

'Gabby and Hezi were always the most looked-up-to duo in ecommerce and they truly taught me how to trade ' Nick Molnar, CEO, Afterpay 'The Leibovich brothers are pioneers of Australian ecommerce. You cannot afford to not read this book.' Christine Holgate, Group Chief...

Duct Tape & Baling Wire is a modern-day Horatio Alger story that details the struggles of life as an entrepreneur. My narrative unfolds as I'm hiding from the Mob as a young boy, in the cockpit of a Navy jet, or starting a business...

The co-founder and longtime president of Pixar updates and expands his 2014 New York Times bestseller on creative leadership, reflecting on the management principles that built Pixar's singularly successful culture, and on all he learned during the past nine years that allowed Pixar to...

Oh Really, Riley? Is the complete history of Riley's Trick Shop, a Chicago South Side institution from 1937 until 2014. It tells the story of the business and the family behind it from the birth of its founder in 1908 until the day it...

What would you do if, just weeks after your spouse's sudden death, you found out he was keeping secrets? Carol Ross Joynt was a successful TV producer and award-winning journalist in Washington, D.C. Her husband, Howard, owned a legendary restaurant in Georgetown. They had...

Today we have television programmes such as Who Do You Think You Are to thank for the hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts who have now taken up the fascinating hobby of tracing their ancestors, learning about their careers and lives. The author was drawn...

You are not alone! Nita Kennedy, a mother to eight and corporate executive leader, has walked alongside you on the path faced by millions of mothers, wives, and professional women. Walk With Me takes you on Nita's personal journey through marriage, divorce, motherhood, and...

Boomer is a memoir that captures many of the life experiences of baby boomers, but especially the author's: unsupervised playtime as children, dealing with family crises, going to college, questionable college pranks, the changing role that women would play, and raising the next generation....

On paper, Keveney Evanne had it all--love, money, and success. In reality, she was filled with anger and regret; everything in her life was breaking--her health, her marriage, and her happiness were on a downward spiral. In a haunting twist of fate, she realized...

The American Dream is available in both Italian and English. It's a charming story about a young immigrant who traveled from Italy to America with only a cardboard suitcase and a dream. Journey alongside Dominic through his life with his Mom, Dad, and Family....

Throughout his career as an industrialist, educator, visionary supporter of new technologies, advocate for worldwide economic development, and philanthropist, George Kozmetsky promoted constructive interactions among the worlds of academia, government, and private-sector business. He personified these interactions as a founder of Teledyne, a dean...

It's rare you run across a book that gives practical tools for the CEO and middle manager. When you do, you buy 3 copies. One to read for yourself, one to pass up to your boss and one to pass down to your team;...

The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with a very specific plan to build a stock portfolio that will generate income, give wealth and security, that will last a lifetime. The author has accomplished this plan for himself and his family...Author:...

A classic American success story with a twist Like J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Marshall Field was one of the overlords of triumphant capitalism in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. However, his phenomenal wealth and generous philanthropy...

Find out why PEOPLE EVERYWHERE ARE TALKING about THE ART OF PERCEPTION by Albert Corey THE ART OF PERCEPTION is for: Business OwnersEntrepreneursStartupsPeople Who Want More Author: Alberrt CoreyISBN-10: 1949873986ISBN-13: 9781949873986Publisher: Beyond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/04/2019Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.17d