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02146nam a2200409Ia 4500 001 A24075E6FBD011DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 003 SILO 005 20220824011752 008 091005s2009 nyu 001 0aeng 020 $a 1557048487 (pbk.) : 020 $a 9781557048486 (pbk.) : 035 $a (OCoLC)449191670 040 $a JPL $c JPL $d SILO $d SILO 082 04 $a B $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Wyly, Sam. 245 1 $a 1,000 dollars and an idea : $b entrepreneur to billionaire / $c Sam Wyly. 246 3 $a 1000 dollars and an idea 246 3 $a One thousand dollars and an idea 250 $a 1st ed., expanded ed. 260 $a New York : $b Newmarket Press, $c c2009. 300 $a x, 293 p. ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a Includes index. 500 $a "With new chapters on the Great Crash of 2008 and looking ahead"--cover. 520 $a In this memoir, Sam Wyly recounts his experiences, decisions, and business strategies that led him to become a self-made billionaire. 505 0 $a "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. 600 10 $a Wyly, Sam. 650 0 $a Businessmen $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Entrepreneurship $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Billionaires $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 5 952 $l HQPD845 $d 20240516011714.0 952 $l GCPC771 $d 20230125011507.0 952 $l JJPA194 $d 20190418020000.0 952 $l GIPC251 $d 20110114012956.0 952 $l ATPB046 $d 20101109154802.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A24075E6FBD011DEB3E93EDF5F36B428 994 $a 02 $b JIJInitiate Another SILO Locator Search