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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street

John Brooks

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Jason Evanish disliked it affiliate
This is supposedly Bill Gates's favorite business book. I read the 12 stories and over 400 pages and all I got from it is that Wall Street is as bad as I thought it was. The book is filled with failed businesses, insider trading, and other bad Wall Street behavior. Business Adventures was out of print until Gates called it his favorite book. I think it fell out of print for a reason. 6. "The Lean Startup" By Eric Ries (11.9.11)

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