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Beyond Tallulah : how Sam Wyly became America's boldest big-time entrepreneur /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wyly, Sam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Melcher Media, 2011.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Wyly, Sam.
Businessmen > United States > Biography.
Entrepreneurship > United States.
Billionaires > United States > Biography.
Entrepreneurship > United States > Biography.
Hommes d'affaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Entrepreneuriat > États-Unis.
Milliardaires > États-Unis > Biographies.
Billionaires.
Businessmen.
Entrepreneurship.
United States.
Autobiography.
Biography
Nonfiction.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Online Access:Additional Information at Google Books
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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 Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:335 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 cm
ISBN:9781595910691
1595910697