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1) Down to business: 51 industry leaders share practical advice on how to become a young entrepreneur
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"Fenley and Jason provide access to leading innovators, inventors, and executives as they tell their stories and provide tips to a new generation of bosses"--
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"Whether titans of industry, influential business leaders, or creators of history's most recognizable brands, these entrepreneurs had the vision, innovation, and ruthless determination to make their marks on our society in indelible ways. Entrepreneurs Who Changed History delves into the lives, aspirations, obstacles, and triumps of the greatest entrepreneurs in the world and through all time. From the enterprising bankers of the medieval world and...
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It was only when Nike founder Phil Knight got cut from the baseball team as a high school freshman that his mother suggested he try out for track instead. Knight made the track team and he found he could run fast and even more he liked it. Ten years later, young and searching, Knight borrowed fifty dollars from his father and launched a company with one simple mission: import high quality running shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk...
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"In the grand tradition of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires (2009)... an engaging look into a fascinating subculture of millions." —Booklist
"Breezy...How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars ably if uncritically chronicles the short history of a young company catering to young users, with a young chief executive, and reveals, intentionally or not, the limitations that come with that combination." —Wall