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Author:

Wyly, Sam.

Title:

1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire / Sam Wyly.

Edition:

Expanded ed.

Publisher:

Newmarket Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

x, 293 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Wyly, Sam.
Businessmen--United States--Biography.
Entrepreneurship--United States--Biography.
Billionaires--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

"Beat Tallulah" -- Flora's boys -- Big blue -- Peter Drucker wrote the bible -- Reach for a star, not a handful of mud -- Me and Ross Perot -- The birth of a company -- A thousand dollars and an idea -- Multinational entrepreneur -- If you can't join 'em, beat 'em -- Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying -- Before there was software, there was Don Thomson -- Earth resources -- Bonanza -- Taking my losses -- Sterling software -- Money's not scarce -- Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do -- The crafty woman -- Maverick investor -- The good earth -- Surprise! -- The great crash of 2008 -- No money down -- Growth.

ISBN:

1557048649 (alk. paper)
9781557048646 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)455328873

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