Business Adventures, by John Brooks
I read this book after reading a review of it by Bill Gates, and I liked the book a lot. So, I will not waste time writing a review about this book, I will simply quote Bill Gates's review and will say, that the book is really very-very good. Like any good book it is first and foremost about people and their decisions, so it does not age.
Not long after I first met Warren Buffett back in 1991, I asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. He didn’t miss a beat: “It’s Business Adventures, by John Brooks,” he said. “I’ll send you my copy.” I was intrigued: I had never heard of Business Adventures or John Brooks.
Today, more than two decades after Warren lent it to me-and more than four decades after it was first published-Business Adventures remains the best business book I’ve ever read...
Full review is here: http://www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Business-Adventures
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Very highly recommended.