November 2009
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256 pages
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The Ten Roads to Riches: The Ways the Wealthy Got There (And How You Can Too!)
by Ken Fisher, Lara W. Hoffmans
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CONTENTS
Preface: Why Ten
Roads?
ix
Acknowledgments xxiii
Chapter
1 The
Richest
Road
1
Picking a Path
2
Newer or Better? 4
Built
to Sell or
Built
to Last?
6
Bootstrap or Finance? 9
Public or Private? 10
The Big Bull's-Eye
12
Founders Are
Quitters-Just
Do It
16
Chapter
2
Pardon
Me,
That's
My
Throne
23
Gray Hair and Dues-Paying 24
A CEO-volution (Through My Father's Eyes) 25
How to Lead
32
How to Get the Job 33
The Big Payday 37
CEOs and Superheroes 39
The Best Part 41
Chapter
3
Along
for the
Ride:
Ride-Alongs
45
Why Ride Along?
46
Pick the Right Firm 48
Be the Right Guy
52
Chapter
4
Rich
. . .
and
Famous
59
The Talent Show
61
Potholes Ahead No One Sees! 65
Mogul Meandering
70
v
vi I
Contents
Chapter
5 Marry Well. Really Well
77
How to Marry a Millionaire Billionaire
79
Like a Fine
Wine-Well
Maintained
86
Men Can Play Too! 89
Love, Marriage, and Money 92
Chapter
6 Steal
It-Like
a Pirate, but Legally
95
Crusader or Pirate? 96
Raider's Road 97
The Richest Legal Road
99
Tort Us and the Scare 100
Target Practice 108
When a Pirate Becomes a Villain 111
The Inside Track 113
Chapter
7
OPM-Not
Opium: Where Most
of the Richest Are
117
Basic OPM Career Rules 118
Steps to OPM Wealth 120
Hedge Your Bets 127
Private Equity's Big Bucks
132
Don't Break the Law 133
Love Capitalism, Not Social Acceptance 136
Chapter
8 Inventing Income
141
The True Inventors 142
Writing for Dollars 144
Political
Pensions-and ...
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