Tony's votes on the list Business History

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1	Insanely Great: The Life and Times of Macintosh, the Computer that Changed Everything by Steven Levy (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 1,286 ratings Tony rated it 5 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Birth of the Chaordic Age: VISA and the Rise of Chaordic Organization by Dee Hock 4.25 avg rating — 211 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date by Robert X. Cringely 4.03 avg rating — 1,987 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Bad Paper: Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld by Jake Halpern 3.81 avg rating — 1,095 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Maverick: The Success Story Behind the World's Most Unusual Workplace by Ricardo Semler 4.10 avg rating — 4,738 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Inventing Money: The Story of Long-Term Capital Management and the Legends Behind It by Nicholas Dunbar 4.05 avg rating — 266 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein 4.20 avg rating — 31,880 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The Making of a Blockbuster: How Wayne Huizenga Built a Sports and Entertainment Empire from Trash, Grit, and Videotape by Gail DeGeorge 3.97 avg rating — 112 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups by Randall E. Stross 4.04 avg rating — 1,918 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Greatest Trade Ever: How John Paulson Bet Against the Markets and Made $20 Billion by Gregory Zuckerman (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 7,521 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 77,894 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal by Nick Bilton (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 19,085 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Year Without Pants: WordPress.com and the Future of Work by Scott Berkun (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 2,711 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Dreaming in Code: Two Dozen Programmers, Three Years, 4,732 Bugs, and One Quest for Transcendent Software by Scott Rosenberg 3.71 avg rating — 3,098 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Learning to Breathe Fire: The Rise of CrossFit and the Primal Future of Fitness by J.C. Herz (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 1,162 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Netflixed: The Epic Battle for America's Eyeballs by Gina Keating 3.97 avg rating — 1,619 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Nuts!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success by Kevin Freiberg (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,996 ratings Tony rated it 4 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	King Icahn: The Biography of a Renegade Capitalist by Mark Stevens (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 720 ratings Tony rated it 3 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Burn Rate : How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet by Michael Wolff 3.67 avg rating — 259 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Den of Thieves by James B. Stewart 4.16 avg rating — 15,090 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Predators' Ball: The Inside Story of Drexel Burnham and the Rise of the Junk Bond Raiders by Connie Bruck 4.09 avg rating — 4,502 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Perfect Store: Inside eBay by Adam Cohen (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 582 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	High Stakes, No Prisoners : A Winner's Tale of Greed and Glory in the Internet Wars by Charles H. Ferguson 4.07 avg rating — 162 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Speeding the Net: The Inside Story of Netscape and How It Challenged Microsoft by Joshua Quittner 3.91 avg rating — 34 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop: How Two Real Guys Built a Business with a Social Conscience and a Sense of Humor by Fred Lager 3.88 avg rating — 349 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Silicon Boys: And Their Valley of Dreams – High-Tech Genius, Greed, and the Forging of the New Economy by David A. Kaplan 3.89 avg rating — 270 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth by Eric M. Jackson 3.99 avg rating — 1,125 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner 4.30 avg rating — 20,296 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution by Steven Levy (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 8,597 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison: Inside Oracle Corporation; God Doesn't Think He's Larry Ellison by Mike Wilson 3.93 avg rating — 436 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	21 Dog Years: Doing Time @ Amazon.com by Mike Daisey 3.35 avg rating — 472 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon: How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing It by Steve Wozniak 3.85 avg rating — 17,523 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Ryanair : How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe by Siobhan Creaton 3.98 avg rating — 166 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	aol.com: How Steve Case Beat Bill Gates, Nailed the Netheads, and Made Millions in the War for the Web by Kara Swisher 3.64 avg rating — 107 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's by Ray Kroc 4.01 avg rating — 9,013 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Richer Way by Julian Richer 3.96 avg rating — 108 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Nordstrom Way: The Inside Story of America's #1 Customer Service Company by Robert Spector 3.90 avg rating — 796 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered The World by David Sheff (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,587 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Overdrive: Bill Gates and the Race to Control Cyberspace by James Wallace 3.65 avg rating — 137 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Straight Flush: The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down... by Ben Mezrich (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 2,180 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Steve Jobs & the NeXT Big Thing by Randall E. Stross 3.79 avg rating — 189 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Microsoft Way: The Real Story Of How The Company Outsmarts Its Competition by Randall E. Stross 3.52 avg rating — 80 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Bryan Burrough 4.29 avg rating — 44,707 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure by Jerry Kaplan (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 684 ratings Tony added it See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Machine That Changed the World : The Story of Lean Production by James P. Womack 4.03 avg rating — 2,548 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Show Stopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft by G. Pascal Zachary 4.14 avg rating — 1,329 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Cdnow Story: Rags to Riches on the Internet by Jason Olim 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The World on Time: The 11 Management Principles That Made Fedex an Overnight Sensation by James C. Wetherbe 3.64 avg rating — 22 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Sam Walton, Made in America: My Story by Sam Walton 4.16 avg rating — 28,185 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Boo Hoo: A Dot.com Story from Concept to Catastrophe by Ernst Malmsten 3.81 avg rating — 326 ratings Tony rated it 2 stars See Review	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars