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What does Joan of Arc have to do with your modern mobile app product? How does Genghis Khan relate to you as CEO of your own business venture? These questions are at the heart of this audiobook, a collection of 40 gripping stories from world history expanding upon the drama of the greatest characters from the past. Each chapter engages the listener to look at history through the eyes of a modern entrepreneur, driving relevant capitalist lessons from the stories of our ancestors.

This timeless text is required listening for any business person or athlete interested in strategy. It includes a soundtrack entitled "The Mysterious Sound of Wind In the Bamboo", a 43-minute collection of Zen-inspired Japanese music by the Matsu Take Ensemble.

Europe's wealth essentially originates in Asia. And this is where Europe's wealth is now migrating back to. Understanding Asia's greatest entrepreneurs may allow you to join the party to come.

The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to the 19th century where major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transport, and technology had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions starting in the United Kingdom, then subsequently spreading throughout Europe, North America, and eventually the world. This is the story about the men that were responsible for Britain leading the world.

He was a genius who gave the world access to technology that is still changing the world. To this day, his greatest accomplishment is the iPhone and still is. Taken away too soon, his legacy still lives on. Countless entrepreneurs look up to him and use his advice to succeed in the business world. If it wasn't for him, we would have never been introduced to portable computers and mobile phones with touch screens.

Throughout history, events and people have shaped the world we live in today. Some are famous, whilst others are merely distant figures rarely acknowledged for their contributions. Bringing the periods and events together, seeing them through the lives of such individuals, is illuminating, informative, and enjoyable. This book has all three. History at its most enjoyable. Paul Henke. The History of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs is an essential addition to the personal library of anyone who has the entrepreneurial spark.

Esta é uma história improvável. Sobre como uma empresa familiar obsoleta, ineficiente, nascida em um país de economia emergente, se tornou a maior do planeta em seu setor. Em De um gole só, a jornalista Ariane Abdallah reconstitui a biografia da AB Inbev — desde a compra da Brahma, em 1989, pelos sócios do banco Garantia Jorge Paulo Lemann, Marcel Telles e Beto Sicupira, passando pela formação da Ambev, em 2000, até se transformar na cervejaria número 1 do mundo.