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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall StreetBook

by John Brooks

Who uses, recommends or left Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

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Jason Evanish
Founder and CEO of Get Lighthouse, a management-coaching software company; former product lead at KISSmetrics who writes about leadership and product management.
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This is supposedly Bill Gates's favorite business book. I read the 12 stories and over 400 pages and all I got from it is that Wall Street is as bad as I thought it was. The book is filled with failed businesses, insider trading, and other bad Wall Street behavior. Business Adventures was out of print until Gates called it his favorite book. I think it fell out of print for a reason. 6. "The Lean Startup" By Eric Ries (11.9.11)

His continuously-updated books page (first published 2012-12-16, last updated 2020-10-28), where every book he reads gets a 1-10 rating and a "Why Read it" note. Book links carry his Amazon affiliate tag.

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