01577cam a2200289 4500 121324860 TxAuBib 20100511120000.0 091009s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781557048646 alk. paper 1557048649 alk. paper ECL ECL ZPK TxAuBib Wyly, Sam. 1,000 dollars and an idea [HC] : entrepreneur to billionaire / Sam Wyly. 1000 dollars and an idea. One thousand dollars and an idea. Expanded ed. New York : Newmarket Press, 2009. x, 293 p. ; 24 cm. Includes index. "Beat Tallulah" -- Flora's boys -- Big blue -- Peter Drucker wrote the bible -- Reach for a star, not a handful of mud -- Me and Ross Perot -- The birth of a company -- A thousand dollars and an idea -- Multinational entrepreneur -- If you can't join 'em, beat 'em -- Monopoly buster: Datran, or die trying -- Before there was software, there was Don Thomson -- Earth resources -- Bonanza -- Taking my losses -- Sterling software -- Money's not scarce -- Never let your pocketbook tell you what you can do -- The crafty woman -- Maverick investor -- The good earth -- Surprise! -- The great crash of 2008 -- No money down -- Growth. 20100511. Wyly, Sam. Businessmen United States Biography. Entrepreneurship United States Biography. Billionaires United States Biography.