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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorSam Walton: Made In America
Sam Walton, John Huey · 272 pages
Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, inimitable words. Genuinely modest, but always sure if his ambitions and achie
Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard · 266 pages
The long-awaited memoir/manifesto from legendary climber, businessman, and environmentalist Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of one of the world's most inspiring companies, Patagonia, Inc.Whether you care about adventure sports, the fate of the natural world, or pure brand maintenance and business success, Patagonia, Inc. is one of the earth's most interesting and inspiring companies. For almost
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Jack Welch, John A. Byrne, Mike Barnicle · 487 pages
I Love Capitalism!: An American Story
Ken Langone · 320 pages
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Richard Branson · 488 pages
What It Takes: Lessons in the Pursuit of Excellence
Stephen A. Schwarzman · 400 pages
Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace
Ricardo Semler · 333 pages
Made In Japan: Akio Morita And Sony
Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura · 352 pages
Elon Musk: Inventing the Future
Ashlee Vance · 396 pages
In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valley's most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneurs -- a real-life Tony Stark -- and a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new "makers." Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · 631 pages
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industrie
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for Its Life without Losing Its Soul
Howard Schultz, Joanne Gordon · 350 pages
In 2008, Howard Schultz, the president and chairman of Starbucks, made the unprecedented decision to return as the CEO eight years after he stepped down from daily oversight of the company and became chairman. Concerned that Starbucks had lost its way, Schultz was determined to help it return to its core values and restore not only its financial health, but also its soul. In Onward, he shares the
Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?: Inside IBM's Historic Turnaround
Louis V. Gerstner Jr. · 384 pages
Odyssey: Pepsi to Apple--A Journey of Adventure, Ideas, and the Future
John Sculley, John A. Byrne · 450 pages
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
Phil Knight · 304 pages
"In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high
Hit Refresh
Satya Nadella · 288 pages
Microsoft's CEO tells the inside story of the company's continuing transformation and offers his vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies. He examines how people, organizations, and societies can and must transform, how they must 'hit refresh' in their persistent quest for new energy, new ideas, and continued relevance and renewal. Yet he feels strongly that one of our essential qual
Strong Woman: Ambition, Grit and a Great Pair of Heels
Karren Brady · 284 pages
"Karren Brady is now one of the most high-profile business women in the UK following on her success with the BBC Junior Apprentice this summer, and the forthcoming series 6 of The Apprentice where she'll be Sir Alan Sugar's right-hand woman judging the contestants. She has been voted Business Woman of the Year twice in the past four years and is a constant feature in many of the high-profile weekl
So You Want to Start a Brewery?: The Lagunitas Story
Tony Magee · 216 pages
"The first-person account of Tony Magee's gut-wrenching challenges and heart-warming successes in founding Lagunitas Brewing Company. In just 20 years, the company has grown from a seat-of-the-pants, one-man operation to be the fifth largest--and the fastest-growing--craft brewer in the United States. This equal part memoir, narrative, and business story is an illuminating yet hilarious account an
Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose
Tony Hsieh · 253 pages
Tony Hsieh--the widely-admired CEO of on-line shoe retailer, Zappos--explains how he created a unique culture and commitment to service that aims to improve the lives of its employees, customers, vendors and backers. Even better, he shows how creating happiness and record results go hand-in-hand.
How Google Works
Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg · 303 pages
Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader
Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli · 448 pages
"Based on the hugely popular cover story about Steve Jobs in Fast Company in May 2012, this is the behind the scenes account of how Steve Jobs arguably became the most famous and visionary CEO in history. Award-winning journalist Brent Schlender and veteran editor Rick Tetzeli have interviewed friends, industry insiders, and the people who knew Jobs best throughout his evolution as a CEO and leade
Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace · 368 pages
"In 1986, Ed Catmull co-founded Pixar, a modest start-up with an immodest goal: to make the first-ever computer animated movie. Nine years later, Pixar released Toy Story, which went on to revolutionize the industry, gross $360 million, and establish Pixar as one of the most successful, innovative, and emulated companies on earth. This book details how Catmull built an enduring creative culture --
The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company
John Rossman · 166 pages
In just twenty years, Amazon.com has gone from a start-up internet bookseller to a global company revolutionizing and disrupting multiple industries, including retail, publishing, logistics, devices, apparel, and cloud computing. But what is at the heart of Amazon.com's rise to success? Is it the tens of millions of items in stock, the company's technological prowess, or the many customer service