Heres a chapter from my favorite business book bill gates. Xerox xerox xerox xerox chapter 5 in business adventures by john brooks xerox xerox xerox xerox, originally appeared in the april 1, 1967 issue of the new yorker. Local news and advertising for hiltonparma, new york. Regardless of the era, theres always new stories or anecdotes about successes and failures across a range of industries that. The five books on my endofyear list will help you start 2020 on a good note. I had never heard of business adventures or john brooks.
Business adventureswhich warren buffett recommended to me in 1991has been out of print since the 1970s. Today, more than two decades after warren lent it to meand more than four decades after it was first published business adventures remains the best business book ive ever read. Business adventures why bill gatess favourite book is back at the. Papers from the course the rabbi, the congregation, and the community include descriptions of case studies of advisement given and interaction between rabbis and congregants. Luckily, you can follow his lead by following his blog, gates notes. Since bill gates blogged about his admiration for the john brooks book business adventures, it has been reshelved at the top of the amazon and nyt bestseller lists.
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Since bill gates blogged about his admiration for the john brooks book business adventures, it has been reshelved at the top of the amazon and nyt bestseller lists business adventures isnt new, but its beloved by business tycoons, like gates and warren buffet. Bill gates, wall street journalthe michael lewis of his day. I had heard, as i think everyone else has, that business adventures was a favorite book of bill gates and warren buffet. Even though brooks wrote more than four decades ago, he offers sharp insights into timeless fundamentals of business, like the challenge of building a large organization, hiring people with the. Lancaster dining coupons, discounts and printable coupons for lancaster pa attractions, strasburg rail road. Heres a chapter from my favorite business book bill. He was the agent of almost every poor person in the colony who d, or thought he had, important business at f ome. He loaned me his copy and we had a lot of fun talking about what we had learned from it. A special thank you to alex and carolyn brooks for their help in making this chapter available.
Business adventures remains the best business book ive ever read. I previously posted some of my favorite quotes and notes from the. Not long after i first met warren buffett back in 1991, i asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. Since bill gates blogged about his admiration for the john brooks book business adventures, it has been reshelved at the top of the amazon and nyt bestseller. In addition to this free chapter, the full version of business adventures was recently released by a new publisher as an e book. Brooks book was the subject of an article gates wrote for his website gatesnotes, and for the wall street journal last week.
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