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In 1991, bill gates asked warren buffett what his favorite book was. Actually, this book was so important to bill gates that he made a short video about it. The best business book according to bill gates and warren. A fatherdaughter team is working to reduce child mortality in bangladesh. It gives the readers a most detailed insight into the life of warren buffett. Warren buffett actually gave bill gates a copy of business adventures because he thought gates would enjoy it as much as he had. I had never heard of business adventures or john brooks.
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Gates had never heard of it, but it became his favorite business book, too. Sweet nostalgia with warren buffett and bill gates youtube. Bill gates favorite business book business insider. Oct 20, 2015 back in 1991, gates asked buffett what his favourite book was. The 31 most influential books about business business.
Apr 12, 2019 behind every successful entrepreneur is a list of books that have helped them navigate the intricacies of running a business and living a victorious life. Bill gates reads about 50 books every year, mark cuban reads three hours every day, mark zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and warren buffett. Bill gates and warren buffetts favorite business book. A book thats earned its spot on the new york times bestseller book list, cialdini has concentrated over 30 years of research into how and why people respond with a yes instead of a no. If you want to be like warren buffett and bill gates, adopt. Bill gates reads about 50 books every year, mark cuban reads three hours every day, mark zuckerberg resolved to read 24 books in a year, and warren buffett spends 80 percent of his day reading. Books extremely successful people read from president obama to bill clinton to sheryl sandberg 20 books that the world. Its an unassuming paperback more than 40 years old, but this book has been dubbed. Warren buffett and bill gates still say this is the best business. Billionaires warren buffett and bill gates agree on the best business book ever written. Hagstrom warren buffett reading list business books.
We follow them around as they reminisce about their favorite treats, bill and melindas special connection to willie nelson, why pinball machines were the best business warren. Welch puts feet on some of peter druckers favorite list of ideas, including the necessity of change and the need to build a corporation with the right people, instead of on the backs of people while bilking the customer. In addition to this free chapter, the full version of business adventures was recently released by a new publisher as an e book. Both bill gates and warren buffetaccording to an essay this week from gates count john brooks business adventures as their single favorite book about business.
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Bill gates creates instant book hit by revealing favourite. He loaned me his copy and we had a lot of fun talking about what we had learned from it. This business book has been included on business reading lists, from hampdensydney college to warren buffets favorites of. Founders project warren buffett and bill gates still say this is the best business book ever written which might move business adventures to the top of your reading list. Apr 20, 2019 the endorsement of bill gates and warren buffett for the book, business adventures, should be enough to convince you to read it.
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Jul 11, 2014 bill gates shares his thoughts on john brooks, author of his favorite business book business adventures, a collection of twelve stories that originally appeared in the new yorker. Your 2018 warren buffett book list the motley fool. Jul 14, 2014 bill gates creates instant book hit by revealing favourite business reading. Bill gates met warren buffett for the first time in 1991, and one of his first questions was which business book buffett recommended most highly. Warren buffett and bill gates say this is the best business book ever. Its being reissued next month, and the endorsements of these two business.
In reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of new yorker stories by john brooks. To reply, buffett sent the microsoft founder his personal copy of business adventures, a collection of. Business adventureswhich warren buffett recommended to me in 1991has been out of print since the 1970s. Without hesitation, the berkshire hathaway ceo offered up his favorite. Apr 12, 2019 when the two billionaires first met back in 1991, gates asked buffett to recommend his favorite business book. The key takeaway from bill gates and warren buffetts. Bill gatess favorite business tales, in the new yorker. The buffett mythos, the warren and charlie show, the woodstock of capitalism, the themeparking of money, the folksiness as a business model, the newspaper tossing with bill gates, hand gesturing with jayz, lunching with obama. Published 50 years ago, it still remains relevant today.
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Twelve surprising and entertaining case studies are presented to give readers an indepth understanding of some of the most influential moments in business history. Twelve classic tales from the world of wall street, by john brooks more than a quartercentury ago, microsoft cofounder bill gates asked warren buffett for a book. The daily habit that made bill gates, warren buffett, and barack. When bill gates first met longtime friend warren buffett in 1991, he asked for a business book recommendation. Although brooks was writing in the 1960s, his insights are.
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