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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lacy, Sarah, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entrepreneurship.

Success in business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

How the top one percent of entrepreneurs profit from global chaos

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

Brilliant, crazy, cocky: how the top 1% of entrepreneurs profit from global chaos; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Nothing to Lose; Chapter 2: The Death of Risk in America; Israel; Chapter 3: How Israel Became a Startup Powerhouse; China; Chapter 4: Deng Xiaoping, for the Win; Chapter 5: Revenge of the Copycats; India; Chapter 6: India's Invisible Infrastructure; Chapter 7: India's Mighty Microeconomy; Brazil; Chapter 8: Do You Know Who You Are Talking To?; Indonesia; Chapter 9: The Emerging World's Big Secret; Rwanda; Chapter 10: Africa's Hottest and Riskiest Startup

Epilogue: Beyond Greed and FearNotes; Author's Note; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613026200

9781118007808

1118007808

9781283026208

1283026201

9781118007785

1118007786

OCLC:

701721988