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Discover the riveting journey of Henk B. Rogers, a visionary entrepreneur who transformed Tetris from a humble Soviet puzzle game into an international sensation. From programming his first hit game in Japan, to defying geopolitical boundaries in the Soviet Union, Rogers’ relentless pursuit of innovation led to the creation of the Tetris Company and cemented his place in gaming history. Follow his thrilling story of high-stakes negotiations, unyielding determination, and a passion for sustainable energy that reshaped his life beyond video games.

| WINNER OF THE GAJA CAPITAL BUSINESS BOOK PRIZE 2019 | The nineteenth century was an exciting time of initiative and enterprise around the world. If John D. Rockefeller was creating unimagined wealth in the United States that he would put to the service of the nation, a Parsi family with humble...

What is brand, and how are brands built? Brand Warfare offers unconventional answers to these questions. Julian Kynaston's no-holds-barred, fast-paced account of how he launched and grew Propaganda into one of the UK's most successful brand consultancies provides inspirational insights into the emergence of a unique brand talent. From running with a notorious firm of football casuals to sitting on the board of global brands as a key consultant, Julian learned how to succeed without even pitching in an environment where many other brand agencies fail.

What if the sales job that was supposed to changed your life ended up breaking your soul? 'The High Road' is a true story, names changed, truths intact. About one spring inside a door-to-door sales cult that promised purpose, power, and paydays... but delivered something far stronger. James Johnson didn't john Astra to make friends. He joined to win. To out work, outhink, and outlast everyone. What he didn't expect was to watch cracks form from the inside. The manipulations, the blind loyalty, the pressure disguised as passion.

From $5 workdays and assembly lines to failed jungle utopias and antisemitic newspapers, Ford traces how one man’s obsession with control rewired labor, society, and even ideology. Henry Ford didn’t just manufacture vehicles — he mass-produced a system where people became parts, mobility became dependence, and efficiency became the highest virtue. Along the way, he inspired nations, built empires, and — whether he meant to or not — lit sparks that helped fuel one of history’s darkest regimes.

Fireproof charts Chef Curtis Duffy's rise in spite of trauma, to being mentored by and recognized among the world's top chefs. Amid childhood chaos in rural Ohio, a young Duffy first found refuge in Home Ec class, then at one of Columbus's best restaurants, where he honed his skills. His passion ignited, Duffy was dead set on leaving Ohio and breaking the Duffy family curse. But the tragic deaths of his parents jeopardized his promising trajectories.

In this shocking exposé, former EHM John Perkins gives an insider view into the corrupt system that cheats and strong-arms countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars and ultimately causes staggering income inequality and ecological devastation. EHMs are highly paid professionals who use development loans to saddle countries with huge debts and force them to serve US interests. Now, a new EHM wave is infecting the world, and at the peak of the devastation sits China, a newly dominant economic power, with its own insidious version of the US EHM blueprint.

When it comes to civil service, William James has been there, done that. Starting at the lowest rung in federal service, he achieved the rare feat of climbing to the highest levels of leadership, shaping decisions that impacted millions. The Accidental Executive chronicles William’s remarkable career from a GS-1 clerk handling routine paperwork to the federal Senior Executive Service, balancing mission and bureaucracy while navigating the revolution of global technological change.

Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world's most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand. Jung seemed incapable of making a wrong move, until, amid declining sales, an investigation by the SEC, and a brand in crisis, she stepped down in late 2012. In Beauty Queen, former Avon VP Deborrah Himsel uses Jung's story as a case study for two timeless leadership questions: What makes great leaders great? And what makes them fail?

The full story of an industry, a city, and two men—one who got everything he ever wanted, one who never got what he thought he deserved—and what happened the night it all came apart.

Edison isn’t just a biography. It’s a blueprint. A story of how modern innovation was wired, sold, and mythologized—and why we’re still living in its current.

The Concierge offers listeners a glimpse into the extraordinary world of Adnan Öner, who began his journey in hospitality as a young pageboy at Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel—the city's first and only five-star hotel at the time—while still in middle school. What began as a summer job blossomed into a lifelong passion, culminating in a remarkable 48-year career.

Marilyn: A Woman In Charge shows how Marilyn Laurie, a self-described "little Jewish girl from the Bronx" rose from helping launch Earth Day to become the first female policy-making officer of a Fortune 10 company. One of the world's top public relations advisors, she faced days of heady highs and humbling lows with grace and resilience.

Marilyn Laurie—“a little Jewish girl from the Bronx”—rose from volunteer environmental organizer to become AT&T’s first female Chief Communications Officer and the first woman to sit on the executive committee of a Fortune10 company. After organizing New York’s first Earth Day in 1970 and producing a New York Times supplement for its second anniversary, she was hired by AT&T in 1971 to spark employee recycling—initially in HR but soon moved into PR based on her initiative. AT&T then handled over 90% of U.S. phone calls, and Laurie believed public trust depended more on action than words.

WINNER OF THE 2020 TATA LITERATURE LIVE! BUSINESS BOOK AWARD From the bylanes of Kamalia and the rugged landscapes of Quetta in India of the 1940s which later became Pakistan, they escaped to the Partition-ravaged cities of Amritsar, Agra, Delhi and finally settled in Ludhiana with little more...

Du transport aérien à la musique, de Virgin Radio aux Virgin Megastores en passant par près de cent autres activités, allant de la téléphonie aux robes de mariée, depuis 30 ans, l'entrepreneur a géré un grand nombre d'entreprises à succès. Dans ce livre, il nous fait partager sa vie personnelle : ses amitiés fortes avec des personnalités comme Nelson Mandela et Barack Obama, ses succès et les leçons qu'il a apprises en cours de route.

As a child, Peter J. Bissonnette heard these words and made it his mission to prove them wrong. In Count on Me, Peter shares his remarkable journey from humble beginnings to becoming one of Canada’s most respected business leaders. From an English boarding school to military service, from seminary life to the fashion world of Vancouver, Peter’s path was anything but conventional. But it was in the high-stakes world of telecommunications where his relentless determination, sharp instincts, and unwavering faith propelled him to the top.

This is book three in a three-book biographical series about the fascinating life of John Croft (1807-1883)--a soldier in Great Britain's first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-1826), treated in the book, John Croft in Burma (Amazon, 2018, ISBN 9781790872336), a business magnate in Sydney, Australia, from 1843 to 1859, treated in the book, John Croft, Aussie Tycoon (Amazon, 2020, ISBN 9798565973303), and a wealthy gentleman with two named estates in Victorian England, from 1860 to 1883, which is treated in this book, John Croft Back in England (Amazon, 2023, Kindle ISBN 9780988476882).

Tech entrepreneur Steve Larsen explores the threads he’s woven together to create an extraordinary life: family bonds lost and found, a pioneering career in Silicon Valley, a lifelong search for meaning, a passion for speed and adventure and a remarkable resilience through health battles that would have stopped most people cold. From wrestling bears to co-founding companies that helped birth modern e-commerce, from racing motorcycles across continents to surviving three open-heart surgeries, Larsen reveals how to embrace life’s full spectrum of experiences.

What if your most remarkable transformation came not from strategy or success but faith, love, and a will to start over? All of a Sudden: The Life of an Entrepreneur has the correct answer to this crucial question. A powerful, emotionally rich, and deeply human memoir- an unforgettable journey through heartbreak, hardship, hustle, and happy hope. Born the eleventh of thirteen children in war-torn Vietnam, Richard Du's childhood tasted tragedy; he faced poverty and felt the gravity of loss.