Beyond Tallulah : how Sam Wyly became America's boldest big-time entrepreneur / by Dennis Hamilton.
By: Wyly, Sam
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Contributor(s): Hamilton, Dennis.
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TextPublisher: New York : Melcher Media, c2011Edition: 1st ed.General Notes: Includes index.Description: 335 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781595910691; 1595910697.Subject(s): Wyly, Sam | Businessmen -- United States -- Biography | Entrepreneurship -- United States -- Biography | Billionaires -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 338/.04092 | B Summary: At the dawn of the Information Age in 1963, a computer salesman in Texas saw an opportunity where IBM, his former employer, saw only dusty oil camps. This young entrepreneur, who had grown up dirt-poor in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, staked his young family's livelihood on the notion that computers would help out local businesses - and quite possibly, revolutionize the way America did business.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.04092 W979 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003736782 |
Includes index.
At the dawn of the Information Age in 1963, a computer salesman in Texas saw an opportunity where IBM, his former employer, saw only dusty oil camps. This young entrepreneur, who had grown up dirt-poor in rural Louisiana during the Great Depression, staked his young family's livelihood on the notion that computers would help out local businesses - and quite possibly, revolutionize the way America did business.
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