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1 online resource (vi, 214 pages) |
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Includes index. |
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My Jewish merchant family : my home town was never home. thank Heaven for Life magazine -- Sex, drugs, and the business of rock-and-roll : some went to business school; I managed a rock band. (Guess who had more fun?) -- Bankruptcy at home : how I tried and failed to save my father's business -- Helping to invent Whole Foods : battles with my mentor made me wiser, confident, and determined never to work for anybody again -- Bike-touring adventures : by the end of my cross-country journey, I'd decided to become an entrepreneur -- Building a video empire : my perfect start-up: a hole-in-the-wall video store -- Millionaire without a mission : I struck a deal with Blockbuster, headed for Silicon Valley, and left small-town retail behind forever -- My professional poker career : after two years of high-stakes poker, I was ready for anything -- Easy dot come: the making of an Internet pioneer : how I founded and sold a company for $100 million in less than three years -- Easy dot go: getting carried away with the Internet : good intentions but a lousy business plan is a great way to lose millions -- Adventures in the wild : the sharks of the South Pacific are as dangerous as the ones in Silicon Valley -- Taming a wild elephant : I thought I was ready for the biggest project of my life; now I'm not so sure -- What it takes (and doesn't take) to be an entrepreneur : know yourself, keep learning, and hang on for the ride! |
| Summary |
Entrepreneur Stuart Skorman--the founder of Elephant Pharmacy, Hungryminds.com, Reel.com, and Empire Video--grew up in a retailing family in Ohio. He worked every kind of job, from cab driver to professional poker player to CEO. In this entertaining, personal account of his coming-of- age in the business world, Skorman gives an insider's view of what it takes to start a business from the ground up. Stuart Skorman offers his hard-won lessons in business for any entrepreneur or small businessperson who wants to create a company that has a heart and soul. He reveals what he learned about marketing while working a stint as a rock band manager and bares his soul about his failure during the dot-com bubble. He describes in vivid terms the roller coaster ride of the entrepreneur in good times and bad and explains how to survive in today's uncertain business environment. |
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English. |
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Skorman, Stuart.
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Skorman, Stuart |
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Businesspeople -- United States -- Biography.
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New business enterprises -- United States.
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Gens d'affaires -- États-Unis -- Biographies. |
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Nouvelles entreprises -- États-Unis. |
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Businesspeople |
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New business enterprises |
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United States |
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Ervaringsleren. |
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Autobiography |
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Biography |
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autobiographies (literary works)
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Autobiographies
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Biographies
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Guthrie, Catherine S.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Skorman, Stuart. Confessions of a serial entrepreneur. 1st ed. San Francisco : Jossey-Bass/Wiley, ©2007 9780787987329 0787987328 (DLC) 2006036473 (OCoLC)75087970 |
| ISBN |
9780787994532 (electronic bk.) |
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0787994537 (electronic bk.) |
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1280823259 |
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9781280823251 |
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9786610823253 |
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6610823251 |
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