Description
In CONGRATULATIONS, BUSINESS GRADUATE!, more than 25 innovative entrepreneurs reveal the pivotal decisions they made that helped them to start and grow successful businesses. In insightful and entertaining essays, top business leaders discuss their successes (and sometimes, their mistakes), what they look for when they invest in new businesses, and the principles for effectively governing new businesses or leading existing companies to greater prosperity. This is essential reading for the business graduation.
Contributors include:
MIA BAUER
TIM BERRY
STEVE BLANK
WARREN BROWN
PETER CARLISLE
BARBARA CORCORAN
SETH GOLDMAN
JAKE HARRIMAN
ELIZABETH HARRISON
PAUL HAWKEN
TRIP HAWKINS
DARREN HERMAN
TONY HSIEH
TONY JIMENEZ
LIZ LANGE
ROB MCGOVERN
CRAIG NEWMARK
CHRIS PARADYSZ
JACK PERKOWSKI
BART POTENZA
VICTORIA RANSOM
SPENCER RASCOFF
HOWARD SCHULTZ
DAVID E. SIMINOFF
SETH STERNBERG
TINA WELLS
MARTIN ZWILLING
THANKS TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS, ALL OF WHOM PROVIDED ESSAYS ON A PRO-BONO BASIS, THE ROYALTIES GENERATED FROM THE SALE OF THIS BOOK WILL BE DONATED TO THE NETWORK FOR TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP, A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND PLAN FOR SUCCESSFUL FUTURES.
