Footprints: The Entrepreneurial Legends of America's Business Titans

Author: (USA) Nelson
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: More than a book about business principles, it's a book about personal principles, patience, vision, confidence, and character. They wouldn't achieve success without understanding business. However, their understanding of business is merely a byproduct of how they conduct themselves. Rather than possessing successful careers, they enjoy remarkable lives. To some extent, these business leaders all gather certain common ingredients in varying proportions and cook the same dish. Their minds are rich in foresight and creativity, able to combine seemingly unrelated things into novel combinations and quickly identify potential markets. Most of them are a paradoxical blend of pure realism and super-optimism. Few of them come from privileged backgrounds; instead, the majority are clearly from non-privileged families, even impoverished environments. Wealth is merely a byproduct of their actions. What they truly want is to create, manage, and transform words into action with an irresistible pragmatic impulse, allowing products, services, and their team members to grow.