What happens when a best-selling author with a liberal-arts degree (and a minor in Finance, in case the bottom ever fell out of Art History) finds himself Managing Director of a national book distributor? Youll be surprisedhe sure was After the initial shock wore off, Kevin Orlin Johnson, Ph D , found that quotes, quips, and other historical оехкй tidbits hed picked up in his eleven years of graduate school came back to him unbidden andin a little under a yearhelped him build a wretched little debt-ridden startup into a thriving distribution dynamo serving hundreds of publishers nationwide and posting quarterly growth rates exceeding 4000 percent ("We went after the really big customers, and we got them," he explains) Now, with the publication of The Best Business Advice in History, hes brought together the most useful gems of insight from historys greatest leadersand the howlers of historys most spectacular failures Its fascinating, its funny, and its the most effective practical advice aroundadvice that has stood the test of time In fact, its the best business advice in history! Sections on Career, Co-Workers, Clients and Customers, and Competitors are designed to get you through your day with wit and style, while a final section on Conscience helps you laugh your way through those long sleepless nights Andjust in case you were absent that dayJohnson supplies a copious index featuring piercingly funny biographical essays on exactly who all of these people were and why you should pay attention to them.  Длина 82ISBN 0965366049.