Giants of Enterprise: Seven Business Innovators and the Empires They Built
by Richard S. Tedlow
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Kim rated it really liked it
The book is a collection of biopics of seven of the greatest visionaries who transformed American industry and/or retail, these being Andrew Carnegie (steel magnate), George Eastman (Kodak), Henry Ford (Ford Motors), Thomas J Watson Senior (IBM), Charles Revson (Revlon),...
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Patrick
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it was ok
almost 10 years ago
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business-history
If you've never red a business history book and don't know anything about guys like Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, Sam Walton, Thomas Watson, etc., then this might be OK to get start. But if you are familiar with them, then you've won't learn much here.
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Joseph
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about 4 years ago
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I read the book because I was interested in the topic - learning about the most successful people in business over the last approx. 100 years. The writing and the way the book was organized was average.
Stefania Shaffer
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8 months ago
Learning how Ford and Rockefeller got their start is interesting, even if you think you’ve heard it all before. This profiles innovators in the late 19th century to show how their brilliant minds would still stack up today. Creativity and leadership never goes out of styl...
Jonathan Mah
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over 1 year ago
I enjoyed learning about the seven influential business figures presented in this book. Especially some of the figures you don't hear much about. Most know of Ford and Carnegie, but fewer know of Revson and Noyce. Nothing amazing, but well written and well done.
Alex Hood
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really liked it
over 1 year ago
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Wonderful little stories about early 1900's business giants. Tedlow is a little turgid.
Lori Grant
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it was amazing
about 4 years ago
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A must-read book on entrepreneurial success stories for the knowledge worker or aspiring entrepreneur.
Mansour Alshammari
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really liked it
over 2 years ago
i think this book basically its talk about management and how deal with ,and im still reading it
Edikan Udoh
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really liked it
10 months ago
Nothing informs more than history. When history is brought together under a focus, as Richard Tedlow does with this work of art, value expectation can never be too high. It's well crafted.
Luke Kanies
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over 4 years ago
Useful for perspective, but not truly informative. Somehow a gripping read, though, for non-fiction.




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