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When Bonny Cook was growing up in Connecticut she wanted to be a school teacher, and she didn’t want to hear about any other possibilities. Actually, in 1960, the career possibilities for women were pretty much confined to teacher, nurse or secretary—or getting married and becoming a housewife.When...

There are nearly 20,000 Starbucks stores around the world, with approximately 150,000 employees and untold numbers of customers. The Barista is IN offers an inside view of a Starbucks from a Starbucks barista’s point of view as she describes the environment that touches so many people. With humorous...

WordPress is the backbone of one-quarter of the World Wide Web's sites and home to more than 70 million blogs. This is the story of how Matt Mullenweg, a Houston teenager who had never taken a computer course and who didn't have any connections in Silicon Valley, launched this software program that's...

Starting a business is a wonderfully naïve venture. Only a fortunate few will survive--and very few of those who thrive will have something special to say about failure, success, and leadership.Bernie Swain is one of those few very fortunate people. He quit his job in 1980 to start a lecture agency...

Female entrepreneurs, also known as women entrepreneurs, encompass approximately 1/3 of all entrepreneurs worldwide. Before the 20th century, women operated businesses as a way of supplementing income. In many cases, they were trying to avoid poverty or were replacing the income from the loss of a...

Juan Trippe, the first and last aviation tycoon in history, learned to fly in the rickety machines of World War I, when the sky appealed only to daredevils, and his life expectancy could have been counted, probably, in days. He was as star struck as any of the other young aviators of the day, but...

IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL DISCOVER... How to redesign your life and get on the path of real success. What to do to align to your values and set meaningful goals. How to totally break through anxiety, phobias and emotional blocks. The secret ingredient to a joy-filled and lasting married life. How...

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Maytag, Kellogg. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Milton Bradley Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s look at the men behind the corporate names.

Richard F.Challis has written 3 long books as well as many short stories and poems. The Old Firm is mainly based the early part of the Author's life. It is considered by people who have read all three to be the author's greatest work. Richard F. Challis's business autobiography is "Time and Chance". His...

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Maytag, Kellogg. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s look at the men behind the names where we shop.

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Maytag, Kellogg. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson or Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s look at the men behind the names we see when we look around our house.

Peter Pocklington rapidly gained his place in Canada’s national consciousness as "Peter Puck" - the maverick entrepreneur from oil-rich Alberta who made millions, employed thousands, bucked the political establishment, was the hostage in a famous kidnapping and, most prominently of all,...

Keller L. Coleman IV, better known as “Coach Keller,” went from Blue Collar to Businessman because he made a plan and made it happen. Many people have dreams and make plans they don’t know how to execute; hence they never come to fruition. I want to empower you to live the life of your...

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani was also known as Dhirubhai; he was born on 28 December, 1932, at Kukaswada near Chorwad, Junagadh district (now the state of Gujarat, India) to Hirachand Gordhandhas Ambani and Jamnaben in a Gujarati family of modest means.Ambani’s success story is nothing short...