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In 1965, John Brink left the Netherlands for Canada equipped with only a single suitcase and $25.47 in cash. He had no connections, he didn’t speak the language, and he’d never finished elementary school, yet he was convinced he could make his dream to build his own sawmill come true. With a tenacity bordering on obsession, John achieved his dreams...and then some. Today, he not only owns Canada’s largest wood remanufacturing company, but he’s been recognized with the most prestigious awards for his commitment to his industry and the communities where he works. This, with an attention deficit disorder that ran undiagnosed for decades. How did he achieve his business success? How did he go from a three-time grade seven dropout to an honorary doctorate? How did he grow $25.47 into the means today to substantially expand his business, support a lifestyle that includes showing horses and flying planes, and support hundreds of charities across the country?
In this lively autobiography, John distills a half-century’s hard work to share 10 simple takeaways. Maximize undervalued assets. Find opportunity in niche markets. Do the right thing. And above all, embrace the requirements that brought him success and can do the same for you: attitude, passion, work ethic.
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- De hgpilot - MM en 04-27-23
De: Jens Andersen
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Mentor to Millions
- De: Kevin Harrington, Mark Timm
- Narrado por: Kevin Harrington, Mark Timm
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 96
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Kevin Harrington, one of the original "sharks" of the TV hit Shark Tank, and serial entrepreneur Mark Timm take you on a journey that radically redefines what it means to truly succeed - at work, at home, and in every area of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen at 1.4x
- De Mark Fry en 09-26-20
De: Kevin Harrington, y otros
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How Money Became Dangerous
- The Inside Story of Our Turbulent Relationship with Modern Finance
- De: Christopher Varelas, Dan Stone
- Narrado por: Roger Wayne
- Duración: 14 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our threatening and complicated financial system, how money became our adversary, and why finding a new course is crucial to a healthy society.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Many-sided, thoughtful, very listenable
- De Philo en 02-06-20
De: Christopher Varelas, y otros
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Play Nice but Win
- A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
- De: Michael Dell, James Kaplan
- Narrado por: Michael Dell
- Duración: 10 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 696
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 591
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 588
In 1984, soon-to-be college dropout Michael Dell hid signs of his fledgling PC business in the bathroom of his University of Texas dorm room. Almost 30 years later, at the pinnacle of his success as founder and leader of Dell Technologies, he found himself embroiled in a battle for his company’s survival. What he’d do next could ensure its legacy — or destroy it completely.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Not perfect, but worth a listen
- De James S. en 11-09-21
De: Michael Dell, y otros
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The Reinventors
- How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change
- De: Jason Jennings
- Narrado por: Jason Jennings
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Eventually every job and every business will become irrelevant. According to Jason Jennings, the past few decades have seen unprecedented shifts: former third-world nations have transformed themselves into high-tech manufacturing powerhouses; technology has democratized business and increased competition in ways never before seen; and customers, used to getting exactly what they want when they want it, are no longer beholden to the corporate giants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good advice
- De Myers en 07-28-18
De: Jason Jennings
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Small Giants
- Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th Anniversary Edition
- De: Bo Burlingham
- Narrado por: Bo Burlingham, Sean Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 836
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 716
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 705
It's an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside 14 such remarkable companies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic book for small company builders
- De Amazon Customer en 08-01-17
De: Bo Burlingham
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Red Roulette
- An Insider's Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today's China
- De: Desmond Shum
- Narrado por: Tim Chiou
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,061
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 913
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 906
As Desmond Shum was growing up impoverished in China, he vowed his life would be different. Through hard work and sheer tenacity he earned an American college degree and returned to his native country to establish himself in business. There, he met his future wife, the highly intelligent and equally ambitious Whitney Duan who was determined to make her mark within China’s male-dominated society. Whitney and Desmond formed an effective team and, aided by relationships they formed with top members of China’s Communist Party, the so-called red aristocracy.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Desmond Shum is not a rube! He knows about wine, ok?
- De Peter L Hansen en 10-06-21
De: Desmond Shum
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Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain
- How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur
- De: Ryan Blair, Don Yaeger
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 6 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 190
Ryan Blair knows about building a business from the ground up. Like many entrepreneurs he had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset.Blair's middle-class childhood came to an abrupt end when his abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family. Blair and his mother moved to a bad neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I wouldn't read it again
- De Blahhhhhh en 01-07-13
De: Ryan Blair, y otros
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Ahead of the Curve
- Two Years at Harvard Business School
- De: Philip Delves Broughton
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
In 2004 Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join 900 other would-be tycoons on the Harvard Business School's plush campus. With acute and often uproarious candor, he assesses the school's success at teaching the traits it extols as most important in business: leadership, decisiveness, ethical behavior, and work/life balance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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On one breath.
- De Atkins en 05-17-22
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Where You Are Is Not Who You Are
- A Memoir
- De: Ursula Burns
- Narrado por: Ursula Burns
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 424
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 366
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 368
The first Black female CEO of a Fortune 500 company looks back at her life and her career at Xerox, sharing unique insights on American business and corporate life, the workers she has always valued, racial and economic justice, how greed is threatening democracy, and the obstacles she’s conquered being Black and a woman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Relatable story, flaws and all
- De Anonymous User en 01-06-22
De: Ursula Burns
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High-Hanging Fruit
- Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else WIll
- De: Mark Rampolla
- Narrado por: Mark Rampolla
- Duración: 6 h y 51 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 93
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 77
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 77
When Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential start-up ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this idea is exciting, beyond the possibility of a profit? How will it fit into a life that makes you and your family happy? How will it change the world? Eventually Mark found his great idea: coconut water. He had seen the developing world use coconut water, but this valuable resource was being discarded in the US. While taking on the beverage industry was a big goal - high-hanging fruit - it was worth the risk.
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1 out of 5 stars
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10 Chapter Infomercial
- De KIM WILLIAMSON en 02-16-20
De: Mark Rampolla
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Finish Big
- How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top
- De: Bo Burlingham
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 10 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 128
When pioneering business journalist and Inc. magazine editor at large Bo Burlingham wrote Small Giants, it became an instant classic for its original take on a common business problem - how to handle the pressure to grow. Now Burlingham is back to tackle an even more common problem - how to exit your company well. Sooner or later, all entrepreneurs leave their businesses and all businesses get sold, given away, or liquidated.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Begin with the end in mind
- De D. Hartzell en 02-05-15
De: Bo Burlingham
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Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole
- How Entrepreneurs Turn Failure into Success
- De: Anthony Scaramucci
- Narrado por: Anthony Scaramucci
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 62
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole chronicles the rise, fall, and resurgence of SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci, giving you a primer on how to thrive in an unpredictable business environment. The sheer number of American success stories has created a false impression that becoming an entrepreneur is a can't-miss endeavor - but nothing could be further from the truth. Hopping Over the Rabbit Hole gives you the skills, insight, and mindset you need to be one of the winners.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Scaramucci is Key to Making America Great Again
- De Cynthia en 07-24-17
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The Art of Business Wars
- Battle-Tested Lessons for Leaders and Entrepreneurs from History's Greatest Rivalries
- De: David Brown
- Narrado por: David Brown
- Duración: 11 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 107
Based on the chart-topping Business Wars podcast, stories, and lessons from history’s greatest business rivalries, interspersed with audio clips from the podcast. Using Chinese military genius Sun Tzu’s strategies as a guide, Brown examines why some companies triumph while others crumble....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just a repeat of the pod cast…..
- De Vm2008 en 02-01-22
De: David Brown
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No More Mondays
- Fire Yourself -- And Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work
- De: Dan Miller
- Narrado por: Dan Miller
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 119
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 119
For everyone who dreads going to work on Monday mornings, inspiring advice on how to find fulfilling work in an uncertain age. Do you hate Mondays? If so, what's keeping you at your current job? If you said a steady paycheck and the promise of a secure retirement, then you're in for a big disappointment. In today's volatile economy, there is nothing safe about punching the clock for a job you hate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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"No More Mondays"
- De Sandra en 03-09-09
De: Dan Miller
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The Wawa Way
- How a Funny Name and Six Core Values Revolutionized Convenience
- De: Bob Andelman, Howard Stoeckel
- Narrado por: Dana Hickox
- Duración: 6 h y 12 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Grahame Wood opened the first Wawa Food Market in 1964 as an outlet for Wawa dairy products. Since then, the convenience store has grown into a well-known company that competes against the biggest industry players in the world in three areas: fuel, convenience, and food, all while maintaining their personal approach and small business mentality. Now, almost 50 years later, Wawa has opened its first store in Florida and begun to play on the national field. How did it happen?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great outline for success at anything...
- De Friend en 09-29-15
De: Bob Andelman, y otros
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A Man and His Mountain
- The Everyman Who Created Kendall-Jackson and Became America's Greatest Wine Entrepreneur
- De: Edward Humes
- Narrado por: Mel Foster
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 83
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells the story of the self-made billionaire who built the Kendall-Jackson empire from nothing into the biggest-selling brand of premium wines in the U.S. Jess Stonestreet Jackson was one of a small band of pioneering entrepreneurs who put California's wine country on the map. His life story is a compelling slice of history, daring, innovation, feuds, intrigue, talent, mystique, contrarianism, and luck, offering a unique window on the elegant, adventurous, and cut-throat worlds of Jackson's two passions: wine and horseracing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Required listening for any wine maker
- De Michael Carr en 01-10-15
De: Edward Humes
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The Self-Made Billionaire Effect
- How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value
- De: John Sviokla, Mitch Cohen
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 6 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 261
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 260
Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn't left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear Stearns had exploited the inventive ideas of Stephen Ross? Scores of top-tier entrepreneurs worked for established corporations before they struck out on their own and became self-made billionaires.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time!
- De Anonymous User en 05-30-20
De: John Sviokla, y otros