The ideal business for people who enjoy helping others. That is what Robert Kiyosaki has to say in his book Business School. The author makes an excellent case for the network marketing industry and refers to MLM as the business with a heart.

Robert Kiyosaki did not make his millions in network marketing. However he has spent a few years investigating it and has even joined a few companies. He then became friends with several leaders to get to the core fundamentals that he lays out in this book. Namely that the education you attain through network marketing is the highest quality business and personal development education available today.

I have often wondered why so many people that have already created great wealth have decided to become network marketers. The people I’m talking about are professional athletes and CEOs of big corporations. I have even heard the names of a few celebrities from the entertainment business that have started their own businesses this way.

I believe that it is our duty to open people’s minds to the possibilities. This book makes it easy for us to share the educational aspect to all of those that are stuck and feel there is no way out of their job or their debt. I know that I am going to purchase a few copies of this book myself to lend out to others. I think it is the perfect, non-invasive approach to get permission to share my opportunity with people that I know.

This book explains all of the benefits that are usually neglected in the business presentations generated by the various network marketing companies. It is written in an easy to understand language that is a joy to read. It is also a quick read at only 123 pages. It is perfect for lending out on a weekly basis with a built in reason for a follow up.

If you are by chance just investigating the idea of starting a legitimate home based business for the first time, just contact me and I will gladly send you a copy of this book. I feel very strongly about the message contained within and am happy to share with anyone that is looking at the possibility of a better life for themselves and their family.
By Cheryl A James

Perhaps John Steele Gordon is really Flash Gordon in disguise, because I always seem to read his books at lightning speed, assimilating this 260 page trade paperback in a matter of just a few days. The Business of America was just as interesting, entertaining and enlightening as the first Gordon book I read, An Empire of Wealth. Gordon possesses an amazing ability to turn a potentially mundane historical business event into a fascinating, intricate and often ironic tale which in turn made this reader wonder why teachers, professors or colleagues failed to offer similar details of such important events. Perhaps it’s just the way in which Mr. Gordon intricately weaves the details in the story that makes the reader feel as if they can understand or empathize with the entrepreneur, magnate, mogul or tycoon of the era.

The Business of America winds through the early days of business in the wilderness, past the steamboats on the Hudson, through the industrial revolution and the California gold rush to the dawn of the American automobile industry. Gordon continues through technological advances, the business of war, to a couple of guys named David and William. David and William are garage based tinkerers with $538 in capital. Their story, like many of the stories in The Business of America, is certainly worth being retold, a story about ingenuity and perseverance, partnership and opportunity. Without giving away too much detail, I think we can all agree that David Packard and William Hewlett found a way to move their modest company out of the garage.

One of my favorite stories in this business based history of America revolves around Steamboat monopolies and Captain Cornelius Vanderbilt. Surely Vanderbilt is a captain of industry; many may not realize he was also once a captain on a Steamboat. In a matter of just a few pages, Mr. Gordon takes us from monopolies to Steamboat races, reviewing the most famous steamboat race of the day between the Vanderbilt and The Oregon, with a fast but readily understood explanation of steamboat construction and race strategy along the way. The race wager was $1,000, no small sum at that time, and came as a result of a challenge from one George Law, steamboat entrepreneur, and as the last name might infer, a lawyer. Who won the race to Sing Sing and back that day? This was just another interesting, amusing and educational tale from our talented business history bard.
By Alan Blume