1,000 dollars and an idea
Subtitle: entrepreneur to billionaire
By: Sam Wyly
Edition: Expanded ed.
Publisher: Newmarket Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781557048646
Other titles: One thousand dollars and an idea
Description: Traces the rags-to-riches story of a Louisiana self-made billionaire, from his efforts to put himself through school and his entry into the millionaire leagues after investing in a computer utility company to his creations of highly profitable companies and his dedication to green energy.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: "Beat Tallulah"; title: Flora's boys; title: Big blue; title: Peter Drucker wrote the bible; title: Reach for a star, not a handful of mud; title: Me and Ross Perot; title: The birth of a company; title: A thousand dollars and an idea; title: Multinational entrepreneur; title: If you can't join 'em, beat 'em; title: Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying; title: Before there was software, there was Don Thomson; title: Earth resources; title: Bonanza; title: Taking my losses; title: Sterling software; title: Money's not scarce; title: Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do; title: The crafty woman; title: Maverick investor; title: The good earth; title: Surprise!; title: The great crash of 2008; title: No money down; title: Growth.