by Jim Clayton
Recommended by Warren Buffett
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Warren Buffett, Most Recommended Books, and Business.
This is a captivating "rags to riches" story, as a young boy discovers during the Depression that hard work and sheer perseverance are the keys to living his dreams. First A Dream is filled with practical, easytounderstand, nononsense business lessons that the entrepreneur can apply to his or her own life describing the qualities an effective...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Books Recommended by Warren Buffett, Most Recommended Books, and Business.
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Warren Buffett
Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
“I made an offer to buy Clayton Homes based solely on First A Dream my evaluation of Kevin, the public financials of Clayton and what I had learned from the Oakwood experience.”
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Consider Shoe Dog by Phil Knight. Recommended by 54 sources.
“Phil Knight’s memoir is a raw, first-person sprint through Nike’s chaotic early years, loaded with near-bankruptcies, strained partnerships, and the obsessive hustle of an underdog. The useful part is its unfiltered look at the emotional cost of entrepreneurship—the sleepless nights, the lawsuits, the brinkmanship. It will lose you when the endless travelogue and repetitive financial close-shaves start to feel like a highlight reel without a clear lesson, and Knight’s own voice can grow self-mythologizing.”
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