Brilliant, crazy, cocky : how the top 1% of entrepreneurs profit from global chaos /

Brilliant, crazy, cocky : how the top 1% of entrepreneurs profit from global chaos /

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Author / Creator:	Lacy, Sarah, 1975-
Imprint:	Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Entrepreneurship. Success in business. Entrepreneurship Success in business
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13599963

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ISBN:	9781118007785 1118007786 9781118007808 1118007808 9781283026208 1283026201 9780470580097
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky is the story about that top 1% of people whom Lacy calls "true entrepreneurs", and upon whom she has bestowed the title of Outside Entrepreneurs. This group is a complex, cultural mash-up, comprised in part of those 19th century, old-world immigrants who started fledgling businesses because they had no other options, as well as the 21st century Silicon Valley whiz kids backed by millions in sophisticated investor cash. They are a product of their own cultures and our own turbulent economic times. Outside Entrepreneurs are those who are taking local turmoil and turning it into opportunities--earning billions in U.S. cash. To tell this story, Lacy spends six weeks in six different cities around the world -- London, England; Tel Aviv, Israel; Kigali, Rwanda; Mumbai, India; Beijing, China and Guadalajara, Mexico -- that are standing on the brink of economic and political opportunity and volatility. The individuals that she follows are distinct products of their own cultures, yet they share that same unmistakable cocktail of delusion, ambition, and brilliance that's driven Bill Gates, Fred Smith, Donald Trump, and every other iconic American entrepreneur of the last few decades."--
Other form:	Print version: Lacy, Sarah, 1975- Brilliant, crazy, cocky. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011 9780470580097
Standard no.:	3626194

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Summary:	Host Christopher Lee takes a look back at horror films from their early days as silent films, to the golden age of monster movies (Dracula, Frankenstein, The Werewolf), and the graphic horror films of modern times. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi An unforgettable portrait of the emerging world's entrepreneurial dynamos Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky is the story about that top 1% of people who do more to change their worlds through greed and ambition than politicians, NGOs and nonprofits ever can. This new breed of self-starter is taking local turmoil and turning it into opportunities, making millions, creating thousands of jobs and changing the face of modern entrepreneurship at the same time. To tell this story, Lacy spent forty weeks traveling through Asia, South America and Africa hunting down the most impressive up-and-comers the developed world has never heard of....yet. The individuals profiled in Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky are distinct products of their own cultures, yet they share that same unmistakable cocktail of delusion, ambition, and brilliance that drove Bill Gates, Fred Smith, Donald Trump, and every other iconic American entrepreneur of the last few decades.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 242 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9781118007785 1118007786 9781118007808 1118007808 9781283026208 1283026201 9780470580097