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Stories
Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2
by John Allen (MBA ’62)
(Synergetic Press)
This memoir chronicles the life of the inventor of Biosphere 2, a miniature Earth under glass and the world’s largest laboratory for global ecology. Eight people lived inside Biosphere 2 for two years. The exper-iment, which set world records in human life support, monitored the inhabitants’ impact on the environment and provided data for future manned missions into outer space.
Bricklin on Technology
by Dan Bricklin (MBA ’79)
(Wiley)
This volume compiles blog entries, podcasts, and es-says by the cocreator of the first spreadsheet, VisiCalc. Bricklin discusses how people and technologies — cell phones, e-mail, digital cameras, and personal Web sites, among others — affect one another and how the technologies can be improved.
Rain: What a Paperboy Learned About Business
by Jeffrey J. Fox (MBA ’69)
(Jossey-Bass)
Fox’s business parable follows a young New England paperboy named Rain as he learns the business of being in business and quickly becomes the best paperboy in town. A series of humorous vignettes illustrates forty “rainmaker” business lessons that can be applied to anyone in business and sales. The book ends with a series of analytical exercises to illuminate basic principles on which readers can base business plans.
The Power Curve: Smart Investing Using Dividends, Options, and the Magic of Compounding
by Scott G. Kyle (MBA ’93)
(Nautilus Press)
Kyle shows why dividends and compounding matter; explains options-trading techniques that will be beneficial no matter what the market does; analyzes real-life examples of investing opportunities; and provides tips on how to construct a portfolio, value equities, and make well-informed decisions on position sizing. An easy-to-use glossary and over sixty charts and diagrams define and illustrate complex financial terms and concepts.
The Guru Investor: How to Beat the Market Using History’s Best Investment Strategies
by John P. Reese (MBA ’79) with Jack M. Forehand
(Wiley)
This book dissects the strategies of some of Wall Street’s most successful investment gurus (Benjamin Graham, John Neff, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, and others) and shows readers how to combine their proven strategies into a disciplined investing system. The model portfolio system that Reese has devised addresses many of the common mistakes that doom individual investors to market underperformance.
Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers & Acquisitions
by Joshua Rosenbaum (MBA ’01) and Joshua Pearl
(Wiley)
As the world of finance returns to the fundamentals of valuation and critical due diligence, the successful navigation of turbulent markets will require a mastery of the core skills of corporate finance. This book focuses on essential valuation methodologies for public and private companies on a stand-alone basis and within the context of M&A and capital markets transactions, restructurings, and investment decisions. Demonstrating how to use each method, the authors build a chronological knowledge base, define key terms and financial processes, and give an overview of LBO fundamentals and an organized M&A sale.
Start with the Answer and Other Wisdom for Aspiring Leaders
by Bob Seelert (MBA ’66)
(Wiley)
Seelert, the chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, based this collection of powerful stories on his most fundamental management lesson: “To succeed in business and in life, you have to know where you’re going, have the courage to take the first step to get there, and constantly hone the means by which you will reach your destination. ‘Start with the answer’ and work your way back to the solution.”
More Mortgage Meltdown: 6 Ways to Profit in These Bad Times
by Whitney Tilson (MBA ’94) and Glenn Tongue
(Wiley)
The authors explain how the credit and real-estate catastrophe happened and how the tsunami of credit problems isn’t over, for the second wave has yet to come. They break down the complex mortgage products and securities that Wall Street created and show how to find investment opportunities within the rubble and position a portfolio to take advantage of the crisis.
10-10-10: 10 Minutes, 10 Months, 10 Years: A Life-Transforming Idea
by Suzy Welch (MBA ’88)
(Scribner)
In today’s accelerated world, with its competing priorities, information overload, and confounding options, people can easily find themselves steered by impulse, stress, or expedience. Are they being governed, against their best intentions, by the demands of the moment? Welch proposes a transformative solution to deal with this pressure and shares her own life-tested strategy to help people regain control of their choices and reclaim their lives.
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