Wyly, Sam   1934- <br/><br/>
1,000 dollars and an idea :  entrepreneur to billionaire / 
 1000 dollars and an idea  One thousand dollars and an idea 
Sam Wyly. 
 - Expanded edition 
 - New York :  Newmarket Press,  c2009. 
 - x, 261 pages ;   23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>"Beat Tallulah"<br/>Flora's boys<br/>Big blue<br/>Peter Drucker wrote the bible<br/>Reach for a star, not a handful of mud<br/>Me and Ross Perot<br/>The birth of a company<br/>A thousand dollars and an idea<br/>Multinational entrepreneur<br/>If you can't join 'em, beat 'em<br/>Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying<br/>Before there was software, there was Don Thomson<br/>Earth resources<br/>Bonanza<br/>Taking my losses<br/>Sterling software<br/>Money's not scarce<br/>Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do<br/>The crafty woman<br/>Maverick investor<br/>The good earth<br/>Surprise!<br/>The great crash of 2008<br/>No money down<br/>Growth 
<br/><br/> Traces the rags-to-riches story of a Louisiana self-made billionaire, from his efforts to put himself through school and his entry into the millionaire leagues after investing in a computer utility company to his creations of highly profitable companies and his dedication to green energy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781557048486 1557048649 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008003175 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Wyly, Sam  1934- 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Businessmen--United States--Biography.<br/>Empresarios--Estados Unidos--Biografías<br/>Entrepreneurship--United States.<br/>Emprendedores--Estados Unidos <br/>Billionaires--United States--Biography.<br/>Millonarios--Biografías--Estados Unidos 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B HC 102.5  / W983o 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338/.04092