success in business

The company that is now Google began as a partnership of ideas between two Stanford University graduate students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. This perceptive book includes sidebars on the company's innovations, a biographical fact sheet on Brin, Page, and Eric Schmidt, CEO.

Describes various companies that succeeded despite initial rejection and the certainty of "experts" that the product they offered would fail.

Presents brief biographies of individuals who improved, refined, and perfected various products and processes, from cameras to razors.

Recounts the success stories of entrepreneurs who were able to found profitable companies or make lucrative developments through a combination of imagination and luck.

Explores the concept of money and illustrates several ways to earn money.