How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets

Portfolio Hardcover, 2008, Hardcover

Product Description

An outspoken entrepreneurial dynamo reveals the secrets behind his self-made fortune
Starting as a college dropout with no family money, Felix Dennis made himself the sixty-fifth richest individual in the U.K. And had a blast in the process.
How to Get Rich, his #1 British bestseller, is different from any other book on the subject because Dennis isn’t selling snake oil, investment tips, or motivational claptrap. Having already made his fortune, he merely wants to help readers embrace entrepreneurship—and learn from his successes and failures.
Dennis reveals, for example, why a regular paycheck is like crack cocaine; why being young, penniless, and inexperienced is a fine combination; why great ideas are vastly overrated; and why “ownership isn’t the important thing, it’s the only thing.”
Part naked memoir, part contrarian manual, this book is invaluable for anyone willing to stare down failure and take a chance on not just getting rich, but very rich indeed!

Product Details

Title: How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
Sales Rank: 8575 in Books
Author: Felix Dennis
Publisher: Portfolio Hardcover, 2008-06-12, Hardcover, 320 pages, ISBN: 1591842050
Package Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches, 1.05 pounds

Customer Reviews

The Dark Side of Getting Rich: This book is brutally honest. If you are looking for happiness or friends in money, you're looking in the wrong direction. Any intelligent person can become rich, argues Dennis, but they must be willing to work extremely hard, focus solely on obtaining money and may alienate friends and become paranoid along the way. Dennis uses this book to describe… More reviews

Excellent: Felix Dennis is unique in that he does not necessarily fit the any stereotypical mold for a borderline billionaire. He is obviously a great writer in addition to owning a grip of publications. I enjoyed how he related his desires to sing as a musician when he was younger(his story about John Lennon telling him he had no original voice)... etc.
He makes an effort to show an objective unbiased picture… More reviews

No BS, just execellent advices on running and growing a business.: There are no 12 step programs or sure-fire systems to guide you here. This is a pure and simple stream of consciousness and recollections from a great Entrepreneur in the business world. If you dislike business books or other great "Get Rich Now" books then this should be the book to read. It presents the simple facts and the difficulties involved in launching any enterprise… More reviews

How to Get Rich: review by Jon Gillespie-Brown, Author "So you want to be an entrepreneur": I have just finished a very interesting book by Felix Dennis, called "How to get rich". He calls it, and I agree with him, an anti-self help book. It's a book about what its really like to get rich and how to do it.
I don't agree with everything Felix says, especially in my field of work in IT, about how to grow… More reviews

A great read! Fun, witty, and it just might make you rich!: Really enjoyed this book from start to finish! You get the real deal from Felix, good and bad, about the pursuit of wealth. He really makes you think about what you want, and what you're willing to sacrifice to get it. Not a rah-rah self-help book, or a get rich quick book; rather a series of fireside chats from a wise… More reviews