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Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You at Business School Link: http://www.amazon.com/Like-Virgin-Secrets-Business-School/dp/1591845688 La Chine à l'aube du XXIe siècle : Le retour d'une puissance ? Link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chine-laube-XXIe-si%C3%A8cle-puissance/dp/2747580245/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441960486&sr=1-4&keywords=stephanie+bessiere The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business Link: http://www.amazon.com/New-Digital-Age-Reshaping-Paperback/dp/B00FDVSJ2C/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441961008&sr=1-2&keywords=the+new+digital+age The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Everything-Store-Bezos-Amazon/dp/0316219266

Let the title of this post trick you not, since it does not refer to a personal past experience but rather to " Losing my virgin ity ", the book by the British multimillionaire entrepreneur Richard Bransson . Owner of Virgin, a brand that runs many different sub-businesses. like a tree with different branches, all under the same name, at the age of 16 he started his first business selling advertise space for a student magazine. He then moved on to start selling records via post office until the time he decided to open his first record store beneath a shoe store. The agreement was to run his record store rent free, only if he could attract more shoe customers something that turned out to be a success. The rest is history of course... Virgin established itself as a well known brand for record stores ( Virgin Megastores ), air company ( Virgin Atlantic ), trains, cell phones, financial services and maybe space services in the future... The company's overall philosophy...