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&#;The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life&#;
Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected dock in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed one writer, Alice Schroeder, unprecedented tillgång to explore directly with him and with those closest to him his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies, and wisdom. The result is the personally revealing and complete biography of the man known everywhere as “The Oracle of Omaha.”
Although the media track him constantly, Buffett han själv has never told his full life story. His reality fryst vatten private, especially by celebrity standards. Indeed, while the homespun persona that the public sees fryst vatten true as far as it goes, it goes only so far. Warren Buffett is an array of paradoxes. He set out to prove that nice guys can finish first. Over the years he treated his investors as partners, acted as their steward, and championed honesty as an
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The Snowball by Alice Schroeder
I <3 Warren Buffett
One of the recent books I read during my blogging vacation was The Snowball, a comprehensive biography of Warren Buffett. I&#;ve always enjoyed reading the shareholder letters, and have read other books about him, but at nearly 1, pages, this book is particularly detailed and goes into a lot of unique stories.
In many ways, Buffett&#;s world is diametrically opposed to the startup world. He specializes in boring industries, doesn&#;t worry much about products, and has extremely long timeframes. Yet I took a lot out of reading about his experiences, and thought I&#;d share some thoughts about the startup world:
- Enduring businesses take a long time to build
- Who cares what other people think? Boring businesses can win big
- Access to money can be a huge competitive advantage
- Success begets success
Let&#;s talk through a couple of these ideas:
1. Enduring businesses take a long time to build • First edition cover Publication date The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life (ISBN&#;) is a biography of Warren Buffett by Alice Schroeder. Before this book was written, Warren Buffett rejected numerous approaches by biographers, journalists, and publishers to cooperate on an account of his life.[2] After spending six years as the only Wall Streetanalyst Buffett would speak to, Alice Schroeder was approached by Buffett to write his biography. In , she left her job at Morgan Stanley and traveled to Omaha to work on the book full-time. Schroeder spent over 2, hours reading Buffett's personal files while
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Author Alice Schroeder Language English Subject Biography Genre Biography, business, investing Publisher Bantam Books September 29, [1] Publication place United States Media&#;type Print, e-book Pages pp. (hardcover) ISBN History
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