Footprints -- Entrepreneurial Legends Told by American 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 would not 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 have gathered similar ingredients in varying proportions and cooked 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, most 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 convert language into action with an irresistible pragmatic impulse, allowing products, services, and their team members to grow.