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"When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world's youngest billionaire and crypto's Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this rumpled guy in cargo shorts and limp white socks, whose eyes twitched across Zoom meetings as he played video games on the side? In Going Infinite Lewis sets out to answer...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
c2011
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204 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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With over 400,000 sellers on Etsy, how can you make YOUR shop stand out and increase your sales? This is a key question for many crafters and artists who are selling online these days. Now here are all the answers and much more from author and Etsy seller Derrick Sutton.
Based on Sutton's self-published guide, and drawn from his practical experience, you will learn how to boost your Etsy sales, attract more customers, and expand your online presence....
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Matt Holt Books, an imprint of BenBella Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
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190 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"With How to Get Paid for What You Know, Graham Cochrane provides a proven 6-step system for turning your ideas, skills, and passions into an income stream that puts money in your bank account day and night, whether you're working or not"-- Provided by publisher.
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Harper Business, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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pages cm
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English
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"A Wall Street Journal reporter travels the globe to tell the story behind the misleadingly simple phrase online shoppers increasingly take for granted: "arriving today." From factory laborers in Vietnam to longshoremen at the port of LA to truckers crawling our interstate highways to robots lurking in Amazon's "dark warehouses," here is an eye-opening investigation of the way online commerce is reshaping the globe, rewriting the rules of business,...
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Scribner
Pub. Date
2020.
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vii, 325 pages : illustration, 24 cm
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English
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Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, has built one of the most efficient wealth-creation machines in history with two percent of US household income being spent on nearly 500 million products shipped from warehouses in seventeen countries. Based on behind-the-scenes reporting from 150 sources inside and outside of Amazon, this book examines the underlying principles Bezos uses to achieve his dominance and shows how these are being borrowed and...
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Ecco Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
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xvi, 287 pages : maps, illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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Traces the founding of Alibaba, the world's second largest Internet company, by an English teacher from humble origins, drawing on exclusive interviews to explore how the company and Jack Ma have become icons and leading employers in China's booming private sector.
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Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
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vii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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A monetary anthropologist examines how the drive to create a cashless digital money empire could lead to dire consequences for our civil liberties and create a dangerous nexus of Big Finance and Big Tech.
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Creative Education
Pub. Date
c2013
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1 online resource (46 p.) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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English
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Explores the origins and growth of Amazon.com and outlines the factors that have helped turn it into the world's largest online retailer. Includes color photographs and a glossary.
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Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
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xxiv, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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English
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"Tony Hsieh revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture. He was a business visionary. He was also a man in search of happiness. So why did it all go so wrong? Tony Hsieh’s first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. At Harvard, he made a profit compiling and selling study guides. From there, he went on to build the billion-dollar online shoe empire of Zappos. The secret to his success? Making his...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
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x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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Discusses the radical companies of the new Silicon Valley that are rewriting the rules of business and sidestepping ethical and legal obstacles in the process. --Publisher
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Circle volume 2
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Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
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577 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world's largest search engine/social media company, The Circle, merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous--and, oddly enough, most beloved--monopoly ever known: The Every"-- Provided by publisher.
An unlikely new hire at the Every, Delaney Wells is a former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic....
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Harvard Business Review Press & Public Affairs
Pub. Date
[2021]
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270 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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English
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A collection of writings by the founder and CEO of Amazon includes a selection of Bezos's unusual annual shareholder letters, speeches, and interviews that offer insight into his background, his professional approaches, and the evolutions of his ideas.
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Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
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pages cm
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English
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"Like Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains, Paul English grew up poor, in working-class Boston, but as Tracy Kidder writes, he had "a mind for the age that was coming." Brilliant, reckless, endlessly energetic, Paul English, after Kayak sold for $2 billion, asked himself: What comes next? Start another company? Use his new wealth to make a difference in the world? With a riveting, page-turning narrative and unmatched storytelling skill, Kidder...
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2016.
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304 pages cm
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English
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"By now, we all know the mythology of the digital revolution: it improved efficiency, eliminated waste, and fostered a boom in innovation. But as business reporter David Sax shows in this clear-sighted, entertaining book, not all innovations are written in source code. In fact, businesses that once looked outdated are now springing with new life. Behold the Revenge of Analog. Sax has found story after story of entrepreneurs, small business owners,...
15) Digital gold: bitcoin and the inside story of the misfits and millionaires trying to reinvent money
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Harper
Pub. Date
2015.
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xv,398 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"A New York Times technology and business reporter charts the dramatic rise of Bitcoin and the fascinating personalities who are striving to create a new global money for the Internet age.Digital Gold is New York Times reporter Nathaniel Popper's brilliant and engrossing history of Bitcoin, the landmark digital money and financial technology that has spawned a global social movement.The notion of a new currency, maintained by the computers of users...
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024
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xix, 391 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In 2017, Lina Khan published a paper that accused Amazon of being a monopoly, having grown so large, and embedded in so many industries, it was akin to a modern-day Standard Oil. Unlike Rockefeller's empire, however, Bezos's company had grown voraciously without much scrutiny. In fact, for over twenty years, Amazon had emerged as a Wall Street darling and its "customer obsession" approach made it indelibly attractive to consumers across the globe....
20) Chicken Clicking
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Andersen Press Ltd
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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One night Chick hops onto the farmer's house and has a browse on his computer - click - soon she's shopping online for the whole farm! But when she arranges to meet up with a friend she's made online, she discovers all is not as it seems ... Little Red Riding Hood for the iPad generation, this is the perfect book for teaching children how to stay safe online.