How To Get Rich: One Of The World'S Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

How To Get Rich: One Of The World'S Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

Felix Dennis is an expert at proving people wrong. Starting as a college dropout with no family money, he created a publishing empire, foundedMaxim magazine, made himself one of the richest people in the UK, and had a blast in the process.How to Get Rich is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn't selling snake oil, investment tips, or motivational claptrap. He merely wants to help people embrace entrepreneurship, and to share lessons he learned the hard way. He reveals, for example, why a regular paycheck is like crack cocaine; why great ideas are vastly overrated; and why "ownership isn't the important thing, it's the only thing."Review"Well-founded advice based on hard-won experience." -Financial Times "Nothing if not entertaining, even inspiring."-Time "An unexpected gem."-Forbes "Engaging and blunt."-BusinessWeek "Entertaining and practical advice."-Inc "If Machiavelli sat down at his iMac to confectThe Billionaire Prince, it might sound remarkably like Felix Dennis'sHow to Get Rich." -The Wall Street JournalAbout the AuthorFelix Dennis is the chairman of Dennis Publishing, which publishesThe Week among many other magazines. He was the founder ofMaxim, one of the most successful new magazines of the last decade. He has written several volumes of poetry that have been performed live onstage by the Royal Shakespeare Company. His other interests include breeding rare pigs, drinking French wine, collecting first edition books, and avoiding business meetings. He has homes in London, Stratford-upon-Avon, New York City, Connecticut, and the Caribbean island of Mustique.