Preface viiChapter 1 The Last Supper 1The Thrill of Getting Fired: Tarrytown 1981Chapter 2 Capitalism, Here I Come 9School, Work, and Hard KnocksChapter 3 I Love Mondays 39Entrepreneurship: Vocation and AvocationChapter 4 We Can Do That 69Elementary Journalism, Not Rocket ScienceChapter 5 "No" Is No Answer 93Establishment Ignorance and ArroganceChapter 6 Money Talks 113Textbook MultimediaChapter 7 Man vs. Machine 129Technology: Politics and PromisesChapter 8 Management 101 153The Bloomberg WayChapter 9 Coming Up Next 177America's a Wonderful CountryChapter 10 Out of the Office 189Character and ConsistencyChapter 11 Wealth, Wisdom, and Work 211Philanthropy and Public ServiceIndex 239
Michael Bloomberg is an entrepreneur and philanthropist who served as mayor of New York for 12 years. Bloomberg L.P., the technology start-up he launched in 1981, has grown into a global company.