On a Roll: From Hot Dog Buns to High-Tech Billions
Author: Howard Jonas
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ISBN: 0670879029
Publisher: Viking Childrens Books (September, 1998)
Sales Rank: 122,430
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Where does this man have time to have 9 kids
What is most amazing about Howard Jonas is not that he has built a company from scratch that has a billion dollar market cap, but he is a family man with 9 kids with an uncanny way of being in the right place at the right time!
Rating: 5 out of 5
a book about morals in business
Howard's book is actually a book about morals in business. It was such an inspiration that I had my eleven year old read it. It inspired him in many ways. Indeed, when I was recently gone for two days last week. It was because my Son and I spent two day touring Harvard and other institutions museums etc. in the area.Everyone should remember that Howard Jonas is a deeply moral man. That gives me a great deal of comfort. He is also a visionary and a person who does not hesitate to do things HIS way (in spite of all odds). He has surrounded himself with people that share his vision and to the extent that he does not have a talent. He makes sure his company does. Also, lets remember that people change. A good executive is capable of realizing when he or she is wrong and not allowing his ego or ignorance of a subject dissuade them from making the right changes and decisions. Did anyone ever for instance, think you would see the day when Alen Greenspan would cut rates a 1/4 point 3 times in a row. This, in spite of the fact that when the dow was well below this point, he had been prognosticating about irrational exuberance? Well, people do change. I know for instance, that Howard Jonas does indeed know how to operate a computer. He in fact, monitors these boards when time permits. He also is much more cognizant of the necessity of dealing with the financial community and has taken many steps to see that this happens. My point is, people are constantly growing. Heck, three years ago, I was computor phobic. I mean really phobic. Now, I am considered somewhat of an expert. However, peoples morals do not change and THAT is something every single investor in this company will always be able to count on. I have been saying for sometime that EVERY serious investor in this company should read Howards book. The book comes with a $25 credit in prepaid long distance from IDTC upon request. Frankly, I never requested it.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Interesting Capitalist
It seems I am the only female and only non-New-Yorker to review this book... That said, it is very interesting at first. It is very encouraging and engaging to read about a young man working his way up. I thought that whole part was great. Once it got on to where he was older, he became more and more annoying to me. The book was still relatively well written, but it began to reek of capitalist propaganda. Since it is his book and that is what he believes, that is great that he could express it. It just began to annoy me. I was so irritated that after whizzing through the first 3/4ths of the book, i came to a complete stop. At some point he switched from presenting things in the manner of saying thing like: Harvard was not right for me to saying things like: All college professors are left-wing weirdos without a grip on the real world. That was the point where he just started to seem like an arrogant jerk, and I didn't feel as warm inside about his hard work and accomplishments anymore. Similar Products
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