He broke the business mould. So can you. In his forty plus years of being an entrepreneur, Richard Branson has done it all, done it his way and learned a lot of lessons along the way. From delivering the perfect pitch, to taking risks and surviving a downturn, this is your guide to success. School's out. This is business advice for the real world. ..

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Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a hardscrabble cotton town into Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the world. The undisputed merchant king of the late twentieth century, Sam never lost the common touch. Here, finally, Sam Walton tells his extraordinary story in his own inimitable words. Genuinely m..

Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money - and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and global banks, Madoff defrauded billions from charities and from individual investors, including Stephen Spielberg. Finally turned in by his own sons, Madoff opened his door in his dre..

Making Futures tells the story of a dynamic Africa, through the eyes of some of its youngest and most promising entrepreneurs. The 17 entrepreneurs profiled here are already shaping Africa's future and creating prosperity for millions in fields such as healthcare and energy, film and TV, advertising and agribusiness. From Eric Muthomi in Kenya, who has built a successful business creating multipur..

For over thirty years, Colin Drury has been at the forefront of helping students learn the key concepts and processes in management and cost accounting through his textbooks. Now in its tenth edition, Management and Cost Accounting has been the leading textbook in the field for three decades, and continues to blend theory and practice in language that is clear and accessible. As well as covering e..

Managing People in Retail and Hospitality in Africa: A Practitioner’s Guide is a comprehensive book that provides invaluable insights into the art of managing individuals within Africa’s dynamic retail and hospitality industry. With an approachable, non-technical narrative, the book serves as an essential resource for both industry professionals and aspiring practitioners. It delves deep into..

The bestselling author of the acclaimed House of Cards and The Last Tycoons turns his spotlight on Goldman Sachs and the controversy behind its success. From the outside, Goldman Sachs is a perfect company. The Goldman PR machine loudly declares it to be smarter, more ethical, more profitable than all of its competitors. Behind closed doors, however, the firm constantly straddles the lin..

Land is the all-time single most important platform for generational wealth creation and transfer. Real estate is one of the numerous businesses crafted from land. Unfortunately, what most real estate investors know is to buy and develop residential apartments anted then wait for 25 years to get their capital out If price changes at the rate of 30% each year then it means that they will lose or mi..

"This book is better read as a narrative of how to build, grow and sustain an upstream oil company than as a mere memoir of building businesses.  It is a compelling story of how a geoscience graduate from the crannies of the impoverished Niger Delta established two hydrocarbon producing companies and took one to the main board of the London Stock Exchange in the course of a decade at the helm..

"Never Quite the Insider is an account that goes where few narratives dare. Straddling both the 20th and 21st centuries, this bold book provides rare insights and perspectives on Nigerian society and the business elite. Every page is a vein of treasure, every chapter an ephiphany - Keith Richards pulls no punches and tells as it really is. Chief Richards has been in the trenches and he has been in..

Chief Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye was one of his kind among his contemporaries and a trailbazer in his generation. An extraordinary man who rose from a very humble background in a small town to become a forerunner in his chosen career and the business world. He singlehandedly launched his town Offa unto the economic, social, and political map of Kwara State and the country at large. A self effacing ..