LESSONS LEARNED FROM LEADING ENTREPRENEURS provides case study examples up and growth of some of the most successful, powerful, and charismatic entrepreneurs of our generation. You will learn how several famous entrepreneurs started and built their companies. You will learn about their childhoods and experiences that formed their personalities as entrepreneurs. The book focuses on famous entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and Apple, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway, Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google, and Wayne Huizenga, the only person to found three Fortune 500 companies: Waste Management, Inc., Blockbuster, and AutoNation. All of the entrepreneurs read their cases and gave feedback, excluding Jobs. The Warren Buffett case has received world-wide recognition as even Buffett himself acknowledged the value by inviting the author to visit him three times to Omaha. This book of case studies will help you learn valuable lessons in a variety of areas including: Warren Buffett’s investment methodology and wealth building strategies, creating, growing, and managing a business, integrating successful corporate entrepreneurship, international entrepreneurship, acquiring a franchise, acquiring a small business, strategies to raise capital for your venture, and succession issues within family businesses.