Footprints of American Business Tycoons: Telling the Legend of Entrepreneurship

Author: Nelson, Bell (USA)
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: More than a book about business principles, it is 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 a remarkable life. 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 combination 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 to do is to create, manage, and convert language into action with an irresistible pragmatic impulse, allowing products, services, and their team members to grow.