18 books like Shoe Dog

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Your Story Sells Infante-Reyes, Jenny, Jr. · 2023 Shares: Personal Memoirs, Business

Pour Your Heart Into It Howard Schultz · 1997 · ★ 4.3 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A must-read for every entrepreneur and Starbucks lover. Howard Schultz shares the Starbucks story in a heart-felt way. Shares: Businesspeople, Business enterprises, Biography & Memoir, History

The Frackers Gregory Zuckerman · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 432p · ≈ 14h · Moderate "The riveting, untold story of the men who are transforming global energy. In five years, the United States has seen a historic burst of oil and natural gas production, easing our insatiable hunger for energy. A new drilling process called fracking has made us the world's fastest growing energy power, on track to pass Saudi Arabia by 2020. But despite headlines and controversy, no previous book… Shares: Businesspeople, Business, Biography & Memoir, History

Business essentials Ronald J. Ebert · 2002 · ★ 4.2 · 492p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Business Essentials continues to provide a solid foundation of the essential topics in business. Its focus on practical skills, knowledge of the basics, and important developments in business makes for a brief book, but a rich experience. The recent events in domestic and global economies are presenting unprecedented challenges, excitement, and disappointments for business--and a need for a… Shares: Business enterprises, Business

Bitter Brew William Knoedelseder · 2012 · ★ 4.1 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "An engrossing saga of one of the wealthiest, longest-lasting, and most colorful family dynasties in the history of American commerce" (USA Today)."[An] Intoxicating reading. . . . This is a lurid, fascinating tale, which narrowly escapes the charge of being sensationalist thanks to its factual grounding and the significance of its subject—a family business that managed to dominate an industry… Shares: Businesspeople, Biography & Memoir, History

The Courage to Be Profitable Ruth King · 2013 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Moderate From a small business consultant and entrepreneur, a guide to understanding the financial aspects of making your company a success.   In The Courage to be Profitable, Profitability Master Ruth King shows small business owners the easy steps to really understand the financial part of their business.  Written in English rather than accounting babble, profit and loss statements,… Shares: Business enterprises, Business

Business Ricky W. Griffin · 1989 · ★ 3.7 · 736p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Business is the practice of making ones living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Shares: Business enterprises, Business

Business William M. Pride · 1988 · 735p · ≈ 24h · Moderate Business is the practice of making ones living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit." Shares: Business enterprises, Business

H.J. Heinz Company Debbie Foster & Jack Kennedy · 2006 · 129p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A photographic history of one of America's oldest and best-loved companies, and a study in how to "do the common thing uncommonly well." In 1869, the American diet was a dreary affair. Kitchen staples included bread, potatoes, other root vegetables, and meat. Tomatoes—at the time called "love apples"—were an exotic fruit. Then, twenty-five-year-old Henry J. Heinz helped to change all of that.… Shares: Businesspeople, Biography & Memoir, History

Mémoires Giacomo Casanova · 1830 · ★ 3.8 · 10p · ≈ 20m · Challenging "The name of Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-98), is now synonymous with amorous exploits, and there are plenty of these, vividly narrated, in his memoirs. But Casanova was not just an energetic lover. In his time he was a diplomat, businessman, trainee priest, traveler, prisoner, magician, confidence man, gambler, professional entertainer, and charlatan. He financed business… Shares: Personal Memoirs, Biography & Memoir, History

Elon Musk Joseph Greene · 2022 ELON MUSKDriven by idealism and the desire to be actively involved in the progression of humankind, Elon Musk has been dubbed a "thrillionaire" by The New York Times; a tech entrepreneur using his wealth to turn science fiction into science fact.Musk wants to save planet Earth, send civilians into space, and colonize Mars. He wants to create artificial intelligence that will aid humanity, and he… Shares: Business, Biography & Memoir

Autobiography Andrew Carnegie · 1920 · ★ 3.5 · 385p · ≈ 12h · Challenging “This story of the great financier’s childhood in Scotland and his early years and final success in America is a revelation of his geniality, indomitable cheerfulness, canny common sense, and idealism.” — A.L.A. Catalog 1926 “Interesting as a frank and sincere recital of the early struggles and later successes of the well-known millionaire. Contains reminiscences of several noted persons,… Shares: Businesspeople, Business, Biography & Memoir

Financial Valuation James R. Hitchner · 2003 · 1308p · ≈ 43h · Moderate Praise for Financial Valuation "This Second Edition addresses virtually all of the recent hot topics in business valuation, and there are many of them since the first edition. Most chapters are updated with new material, including, especially, the Duff & Phelps Risk Premium Report as an alternative to Ibbotson's risk premium data. As with the first edition, the authors are very well-known… Shares: Business enterprises, Business

The theory of business enterprise 1904 Thorstein Veblen · 1904 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Challenging The Theory of Business Enterprise Thorstein Veblen, american economist and sociologist (1857-1929) This ebook presents «The Theory of Business Enterprise», from Thorstein Veblen. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. TABLE OF CONTENTS -01- ABOUT THIS BOOK -02- PREFACE -03- INTRODUCTORY -04- THE MACHINE PROCESS -05- BUSINESS ENTERPRISE -06- BUSINESS… Shares: Business enterprises, Business, History

My life and work Ford, Henry · 1922 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging My Life and Work is a classic autobiography of the great American business mogul, Henry Ford. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. Although Ford did not invent the automobile or the assembly line, he developed and manufactured the first… Shares: Businesspeople, Business, Biography & Memoir, History

Sorcerer's Apprentice Amy Wallace · 2003 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Sorcerer’s Apprentice opens with Amy Wallace’s first meeting with Carlos Castaneda, the infamous anthropologist-turned-shaman, whose books described meetings with Yaqui Indian spiritual teacher don Juan. Castaneda’s rise was meteoric in the late 1960s as he wrote massive bestsellers, inspired many to experiment with psychedelics, and was dubbed “the Godfather of the New Age.” The possibility that… Shares: Memoir, Biography & Memoir

Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson · 2011 · ★ 4.5 · 667p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six… Shares: Businesspeople, Business, Biography & Memoir, History

Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom · 1994 · ★ 4.2 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Tuesdays with Morrie is a memoir by American author Mitch Albom about a series of visits Albom made to his former sociology professor Morrie Schwartz, as Schwartz gradually dies of ALS. The book topped the New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Sellers List for 23 combined weeks in 2000, and remained on the New York Times best-selling list for more than four years after. In 2006, Tuesdays with Morrie… Shares: Memoir, Biography & Memoir

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