
- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
In this book you will meet three dozen impatient people. They weren't satisfied with the slow, plodding, money-saving route to financial security, the safe route that most of us feel stuck with. They wanted instant wealth - and they got it.As Max Gunther points out, our folklore frowns on the idea of quick money. As in the fable about the race between a tortoise and a hare. "In the fable, the hare loses. The stories in this book are not fables. They are true. In these stories, the hares win."They are a richly varied lot, these happy hares. Gunther opens with a few dazzling millionaire legends, such as the man who invented Monopoly. You'll then meet fascinating characters such as: Harvey Shuster, who beat the stock market; Howard Brown, who decided to be rich and became a multi-millionaire within three years; and a group of men who made fast fortunes on fads such as the Hula Hoop and the Frisbee.These stores illustrate that the dream of quick money isn't such a ridiculous dream after all. Read these tales about hares who have won and when you have, maybe you'll decide to run with them.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Publishing details
- About the author
- Acknowledgments
- Editor’s Note
- 1. Shiny Dimes and the Slow-Money Ethic
- 2. Some Grand Old Legends
- 3. Two Well-Traveled Routes
- 4. The Fantasy Land of Franchising
- 5. The Second-Man Effect
- 6. Fast Frolics in the Fun and Fad Markets
- 7. Right Place, Right Time
- 8. The Business of Show Business
- 9. A Simple Idea is Enough
- 10. Not by Bread Alone
- 11. The Man Who Decided to be Rich
- 12. The International Ploy
- 13. The Speeders
- 14. Missing from the Curriculum
- 15. The Anti-Salary Philosophy
- 16. Instant Successes Yet To Be
- 17. Route Maps