Every successful and well rounded business professional and student knows their business history. Quick access to quotes and expertly selected stories of inspiration make this a great tool for yourself, employees or students. Use a story to open a discussion or kick off a meeting, use a quote to inspire colleagues, or use the guide to inspire yourself to tackle a day, a week or a tough project. Many of the biggest business leaders struggled, persevered, and inspired many around them to do the same. Have this handy guide ready to do the same for you.
6-page Eguide includes:
- Inspiration from Influential Leaders
- Humble Beginnings
- Larry Ellison (Cofounder of Oracle)
- Ursla Burns (Former chairman & CEO of Xerox)
- Jim Sinegal (Cofounder of Costco)
- Andrew Carnegie (Founder of Carnegie Steel Company)
- Finding Your Calling; Passion
- George Eastman (Founder of the Eastman Kodak Company)
- Estée Lauder (Founder of Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.)
- Walter Percy Chrysler (Founder of Chrysler Corporation)
- Twists of Fate
- Ray Kroc (Founder of the McDonald's Corporation)
- Oprah Winfrey (Media Personality & Founder of Harpo Productions)
- Levi Strauss (Founder of Levi Strauss & Co.)
- William Procter & James Gamble (Founders of Procter & Gamble Company)
- The Big Idea
- Larry Page (Cofounder of Google)
- Reed Hastings (Cofounder & CEO of Netflix)
- Bill Bowerman (Cofounder of Nike)
- Taking Risks
- Howard Schultz (Executive Chairman of Starbucks)
- Reid Hoffman (Cofounder of LinkedIn)
- Herb Kohler Jr. (Former CEO of Kohler)
- Ruth Handler (Cofounder of Mattel)
- Perseverance
- Jeff Bezos (Founder & CEO of Amazon)
- Herb Kelleher (Former CEO of Southwest Airlines)
- Warren Buffett (Investor & Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway)
- Fred Smith (Founder & CEO of FedEx)
- Failure
- Steve Jobs (Cofounder of Apple Inc.)
- Milton S. Hershey (Founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company)
- Walt Disney (Cofounder of the Walt Disney Company)
- Innovation
- Konosuke Matsushita (Founder of Panasonic)
- Thomas Edison (Cofounder of General Electric)
- Competition
- Florence Nightingale Graham (Founder of Elizabeth Arden)
- & Helena Rubinstein (Founder of Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics)
- Overcoming the Odds
- Mary Kay Ash (Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics)
- Do Won & Jin Sook Chang (Founders of Forever 21)
- Madam C. J. Walker (Founder of Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company)
- Leadership & the Importance of a Team
- Alfred P. Sloan (Former CEO of General Motors)
- William R. Hewlett & David Packard (Founders of Hewlett-Packard)
- Success
- Pierre Omidyar (Founder of eBay)
- Liz Claiborne (Founder of Liz Claiborne Inc.)
- John Paul DeJoria (Cofounder of Paul Mitchell Systems & The Patrón Spirits Company)
