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By Andy Baron, Contributing Editor

The Change Makers: From Carnegie to Gates, How the Great Entrepreneurs Transformed Ideas into Industries
by Maury Klein (Author)

Klein considers the question, What separates the great entrepreneurs from merely good business people? Business lies at the heart of American culture, with money as the driving force; yet the author's research discovers money to be a by-product of the efforts of 26 famous industrialists, from Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller, to Warren Buffet and Bill Gates. These entrepreneurs share similar characteristics, and we learn what they accomplished and how and what factors account for their achievement. Masterful creativity is found within each man, along with his own vision and style, and each often exhibits obsessions and flaws as great as the results achieved. They all show persistence and determination with a fierce drive to succeed; they all had supreme talent and a strong work ethic. All transcend conventional wisdom and while fearing failure they took risks and accepted consequences. This is an excellent book not only for aspiring entrepreneurs but also for those who teach and encourage them. Mary Whaley
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