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The Entrepreneur's Information Sourcebook provides the expert guidance and up-to-date print and web resources an entrepreneur may need to make a business thrive and grow, from inception and information gathering, to raising capital, to marketing methods and human resource concerns.

Transformative Entrepreneurs provides a fascinating perspective on those enterprises and entrepreneurs that have changed the landscape of society while highlighting the challenges and excitement of launching new innovative businesses.

In this updated Second Edition, Calagione, the founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to run a booming business. In several new chapters, he discusses Dogfish's most innovative marketing strategies. 2011.

Kessler explains how the world's greatest entrepreneurs don't just start successful companies-they overturn entire industries. He offers twelve surprising and controversial rules for these radical entrepreneurs, such as:
Eat people: Get rid of worthless jobs to create more wealth for everybody;Create artificial scarcity for virtual goods;Trust markets to make better decisions than managers. Whether you're at a big corporation or running a small business, you're now an entrepreneur. 2011

"Weaving together vivid narrative with economic analysis, "American Entrepreneur" vividly illustrates the history of business in the United States from the point of view of the enterprising men and women who made it happen." 2010

The Risk Takersis about ordinary people, all with good ideas, who faced daunting challenges, but took a leap of faith and started their own business. 2010

"Written by the author of the bestselling "The Small Business Start-Up Kit," this title gives women the practical and legal information they need to kickstart a successful enterprise. Includes a CD." 2010

Gerber, an entrepreneur, speaker, and consultant, explores the requirements that any new business must meet: the satisfaction of its four primary influencers (employees, customers, suppliers, and investors) through four fundamental categories--visual, emotional, functional, and financial. 2009

Tony Hsieh built a business devoted to customer happiness. His company, Zappos.com, does over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year. In this book, Hsieh explains the entrepreneurial spirit of creativity and optimism.

No matter the industry, all entrepreneurs are at least in a small part inventors. Thomas Alva Edison’s life offers inspiration for those who seek innovation and invention.

Felix Dennis shares his secrets as one of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs. In this book, he offers advice including common startup errors in an entertaining, practical style.

Mark Twain is best known for his work as a writer, but he was a chronic speculator and entrepreneur. He spent most of his life in pursuit of wealth, and this book offers an adaptation of Twain’s life story and wit into a how-to format for budding entrepreneurs.

Many are familiar with Bill Gates and his business, Microsoft. A Harvard dropout, Gates formed his own company at 19 with his friends. In this book, you’ll learn about his ambition and drive that made Microsoft what it is today.

Henry Ford is an American business legend. Although his first auto production attempts failed, Ford turned to publicity students that made him a hero to ordinary Americans. Learn about his life and work in this book.

If you appreciate the modern Renaissance man or woman, this book offers an excellent inspiration. A man who worked every kind of job, entrepreneur Stuart Skorman explains why he can’t stop starting over with a new business, and how he made it work.

Learn about Benjamin Franklin’s breakthrough work as an entrepreneur in this modern translation of his autobiography. This book serves as an inspiration to today’s innovators who feel they can learn from creators in our American past.

Those who are awed by Richard Branson will appreciate his autobiography, in which he shares his life and business. Find advice, stories and more in this guide to success in business as well as life.

Andrew Carnegie’s autobiography offers excellent lessons for budding entrepreneurs. Read this book to gain wisdom from his life and choices as a businessman.

Sam Wyly went from country boy entrepreneur to millionaire involved in many successful business ventures. In this autobiography, he shares his experiences and universal lessons that are wise for any reader.

Whether you love or hate WalMart, the late Sam Walton’s wisdom for entrepreneurs is undeniable. Learn about risk, hard work and entrepreneurship from the man who created the empire known.