What They Don't Teach You at Harvard Business School
Notes from a Street-smart Executive
by Mark H. McCormack
Should I read this?
Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Management, and Business.
This business classic features straighttalking advice you'll never hear in school. Featuring a new foreword by Ariel Emanuel and Patrick WhitesellMark H. McCormack, one of the most successful entrepreneurs in American business, is widely credited as the founder of the modernday sports marketing industry. On a handshake with Arnold Palmer and less...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Management, and Business.
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Ramit Sethi
“Taught me so many amazing things about business and I cannot recommend it enough.”
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