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Leland Stanford retains a double legacy as both a robber baron and a great philanthropist. He got his start in business as a merchant during the California gold rush, but he worked his way up to president of both the Central and Southern Pacific Railroad companies by 1861. He became a railroad mogul, a leading force in an under-regulated industry wherein he gained a reputation for corrupt and greedy practices. Yet, he and his wife benevolently founded Stanford University in memory of their deceased son.

The definitive biography of the king of the rock 'n' roll business, Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic Records.

This audiobook includes biographies on the following men: Benjamin Franklin, Nikola Tesla, Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Thomas Edison.

American Dreamer brims with anecdotes that cover Tommy's years as a club kid and scrappy entrepreneur in 1970s New York as well as unique insights into the exclusive A-list personalities with whom he's collaborated and interacted, from Mick Jagger and David Bowie to Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein. But this is more than just a fashion icon's memoir - it's a road map for building a brand, both professionally and personally.

In this audiobook, you will hear the stories of business-minded people who once were miserable at work. You will find out what they went through and how they managed to start their own businesses from zero. Hopefully, by the end of this audiobook, you will feel inspired and you will start planning your resignation and your potential new business, a business that will make you happy!

Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road Truckers. The highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the tough-as-nails truckers who risk peril every day to deliver goods and supplies in Alaska and across Canada's frozen north. Alex Debogorski here shares tales of his adventures - and misadventures.

So You Want to Start a Brewery? is the first-person account of Tony Magee's gut-wrenching challenges and heart-warming successes in founding Lagunitas Brewing Company. In just 20 years, the company has grown from a seat-of-the-pants, one-man operation to be the fifth largest--and the fastest growing--craft brewer in the United States.

Barry Avrich - a self-made, Montreal-born film producer-director, flamboyant advertising executive, and legendary biographer and connector of moguls and stars. For over three decades, he has relentlessly produced films on some of the most notorious show-business titans and also found the time to market and promote feature films, concerts, and the biggest shows on Broadway.

Discover the lessons from Walt Disney that can transform your business and your life! He was a visionary, a legend, and a folk hero of the 20th century who revolutionized the entertainment industry in a way that that nobody thought possible. He transformed animation into an art form and built a synergistic empire which combined television, music and theme parks. He was Walt Disney.

Newspaperman tells the story of how an immigrant's shy son from Queens, New York, rose to the top of his industry, powered by little more than passion, brains, and hard work. Phillips began his career working as a copyboy for the New York Herald Tribune for 16 dollars a week... and ended it as publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of its parent corporation, Dow Jones & Company. The life story of Warren Phillips is the story of the American newspaper business.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Idee? Moltissime. Start-up? Anche di più. Che spesso tuttavia non riescono a trasformare il progetto iniziale in business, perdendosi per strada tra problemi finanziari, indifferenza del mercato, incapacità di creare la squadra giusta. In "Innovation", Luca Orlando racconta le storie di giovani imprenditrici e imprenditori italiani che invece sono riusciti a "decollare". Alcuni in senso fisico, costruendo satelliti per la Nasa o tecnologie per i lanciatori di tutto il mondo.

Young Mary Newton, born into a large Irish family in a small Watford semi, is always getting into trouble. When she isn’t choking back fits of giggles at Holy Communion or eating Chappie dog food for a bet, she’s accidentally setting fire to the local school. Mary is a trouble magnet. And...

Is everything about Henry Ford good? This is a man who was more than liberally doused in dogma. Ford was a man whose existence changed the way we live. With the Ford Model T, he brought affordable, flexible transport to the masses. Henry Ford opened up the world. Here is the story of a man of contrasts - genius and pendant, pacifist and supporter of thuggery, social liberator and Orwellian Big Brother. Whatever we conclude about Henry Ford, he is undoubtedly a man about whom we should know more.

When six-year-old Reginald Lewis overheard his grandparents discussing employment discrimination against African Americans, he asked, “Why should white guys have all the fun?" This self-assured child would grow up to become the CEO of Beatrice International and one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated in excess of $400 million and his vast commercial empire spanned four continents.

Over the past three years, the notorious @GSElevator Twitter feed has offered a hilarious, shamelessly voyeuristic look into the real world of international finance. Hundreds of thousands followed the account, Goldman Sachs launched an internal investigation, and when the true identity of the man behind it all was revealed, it created a national media sensation - but that's only part of the story.