When John Lusk and Kyle Harrison graduated from Wharton in 1999, nearly all of their entrepreneurially minded classmates set their sights on conquering the dot-com world. To the almost universal disdain of their friends and professors, these two turned down tempting job offers, borrowed money from friends and family, loaded up on credit card debt, and decided to start a single-product company to manufacture and market a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf club.They watched enviously as nearly all of their friends became millionaires in the dot-com boom, but they persevered and forged their own path. To chart their progress and to keep themselves motivated against the odds, they kept a diary that recorded the realities of their everyday life as entrepreneurs. Out of their diary entries grew The MouseDriver Chronicles, an intimate, insightful, and often funny look into the minds of two entrepreneurs and how they brought a simple idea to market.From The MouseDriver Chronicles:"School was just about over, and the wondrous combination of brick-baking heat and relentless high humidity that defines summer in south Philadelphia wasn't too far off. We couldn't afford to wait around for it. We needed to blaze to San Francisco and get rolling. Fine. No problem. Except we didn't yet have an office in San Francisco. Or a place to live. Or MouseDrivers in stock. We had all our plans and ambition, but everything real about running a business was ahead of us. Immediately ahead."

The MouseDriver Chronicles

Business & Money

Harrison, Kyle

Lusk, John

Biography & History

Basic Books

It all started late one night at The Ginger Man, a popular restaurant in Dallas, Texas. Using the back of a beer coaster and the bartender's pen, Kyle Harrison, in a moment of inspiration, began sketching an unusual computer mouse, shaped like the head of a driver golf club. He took the idea with him to the Wharton School of Business, where he managed to impress his roommate, John Lusk. Upon graduation, they bravely but somewhat naïvely set forth to launch their company, Platinum Concepts, Inc., and its flagship product, MouseDriver™. Settling in San Francisco in an apartment that doubled as home and worldwide business headquarters, they had a front-row seat to the dot-com boom-watching their classmates rake in piles of cash and stock options, while they financed their venture with their own credit cards.The MouseDriver™ Chronicles is the riveting, one-of-a-kind narrative that chronicles their entrepreneurial journey. It takes us behind the scenes of the authors' tumultuous first two years of business, years marked by endless corporate cold calling, multiple failed attempts to find a distributor, and even a typhoon that derailed their very first shipment of MouseDrivers.A must-read for anyone who wants to start a business or wonders what it is like to do so, The MouseDriver™ Chronicles will inform, inspire, and renew our faith in the American spirit to succeed against all odds.

The MouseDriver Chronicles: The True-Life Adventures of Two First-Time Entrepreneurs

Economics

Created from their personal journals begun at business school comes an intimate, insightful and often funny look inside the minds of two young entrepreneurs as they chronicle the adventures of their start-up business. In the spring of 1999 John Lusk, erstwhile business school student and budding entrepreneur, found himself in a very difficult position. Graduation was fast approaching and he had yet to find the 'big idea' which would launch his undoubtedly successful start-up business and his entrepreneurial career. He knew that he didn't want to join his fellow students in the dot.com bonanza but that's about all he knew. Then one fortuitous day he came across Kyle Harrison, another Wharton man shying well clear of the dot.commers and looking for a start-up of his own. But what Kyle had in his favour was 'the idea'. Thus armed with their credit cards, MBA degrees and the very simple idea of a computer mouse shaped like the head of a golf driver, sketched out on the back of a coaster, the authors chronicle their successes, failures and the emotional rollercoaster as they strive to take their MouseDriver from classroom to shopfloor. Full of passion, wit and peppered with concrete information, this wonderfully entertaining book crosses the boundaries between pop culture and business and will appeal to anyone whether they are a would-be entrepreneur or not.

The Mouse Driver Chronicles: An Entrepreneurial Adventure

SIMON SCHUSTER (TRADE DIVISION)

Why isn't one murder enough? The first day of Christmas was when the town started to fall apart. The second day of Christmas was when people started to die. By the thirteenth day of Christmas, it was too late to go back. Or was it? Twenty-six authors combined their talents to tell the horrifying story of Serenity Falls, Wisconsin. Piece by piece, the unsettling truth is revealed, culminating in a dark secret far bigger than any single writer’s imagination. Hope and despair are doled out in unequal measures as the town’s citizens struggle to discover the painful truth. One day at a time.

Horror Stories to Ruin Christmas: Serenity Falls Forever

Literature & Fiction

Thompson, Chris

Daniels, Blair

Wade, Tobias

Morgan, E.Z.

Bowman, R. C.

Dymerski, Matt

McGrail, P.F.

Mandeville, Jacob

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Each and every day, first responders are thrown into situations most of us can barely comprehend. These brave souls are pushed to limits far beyond the average imagination, be it physically, emotionally or something...else...Like a police officer who arrives at a scene that defies all logic and reason...A firefighter who rushes into a house only to be met by the very flames of Hell...A paramedic who can't restart a heart...because the patient doesn't have one…A 9-1-1 call from beyond the grave...With 40 terrifying tales from 31 authors, join the heroic men and women of those professions and more as they attempt to rise above the darkness...and avoid having the last sounds they ever hear be...Sirens at Midnight

Sirens at Midnight: Terrifying Tales of First Responders

Botic, Nick

Barkley, S.F.

Speziale, Jeff

Hernandez, L.P.

Hernandez, Miranda

Hinton, Grant

Savino, Scott

You can close your eyes to the things you don't want to see.But you can't close your heart, as it now belongs to me. This book will show you, the horror of our love. Forever and always, now bound by blood. Happy Valentine's Day!~Featuring stories from many award winning authors!~Adam Davies: Alexa, Tell Me His PastAlanna Robertson-Webb: A Woodland GiftAlanna Robertson-Webb: Surprise!Alanna Robertson-Webb: Written In The StarsAndra Dill: Ruby Heart NecklaceAndrea Allison: The Women With My FaceAndrew Kurtz: A Hex For My ExAriana Ferrante: Happy EndingAshley Franklin: Me To You/You To MeAurora Lewis: His Heart Is On IceBrianna Witte: Bad RomanceC.L. Williams: Pictures And A NecklaceCharlotte O'Farrell: Hearts And FlowersChristopher T. Dabrowski: Until Death Do Us PartChristopher T. Dabrowski: Yin And YangDanny Nicholas: Valentine's PinkDeBickel: Be PredictableDeBickel: Bear Of HeartsDeBickel: Dead End For A DuetDonna Cuttress: Buy A Rose For Your ValentineGabriella Balcom: YummyGalina Trefil: A Sweet Ingredient Galina Trefil: Leave An ImpressionGalina Trefil: Primordial InstinctJay Levy: AnniversaryJohn Kujawski: Candy Trail To HellJoshua Borgmann: Real WomanKevin J. Kennedy: SpecialKim Plasket: The EndKim Plasket: Until Next Year Kimberly Rei: The Ruby GardenKyle Harrison: Blind DateKyle Harrison: Love Is In The AirKyle Harrison: Match MakerLamont Turner : Valentine's And VoodooLisa Acerbo: The Good DateLisa Flanyak: DigitsMama Creep: I Hope I Wasn't Too RoughMatthew A. Clarke: Looking For LoveMelody Grace: Women Must Serve MenMichael Jess Alexander: A Slave To LoveMichael Jess Alexander: IntimateN.M. Brown: Hidden ValentineN.M. Brown: Undying LoveNerisha Kemraj: Never YoursNicole Henning: First LoveNicole Henning: Special DeliveryR.C. Mulhare: The Vampire Lonnigan's ValentineRavyn Blackhurst: Carolina ValentineRichard Prime: Valentine DinnerScott McGregor: Nuts About LoveScott Savino: One Last KissShannon Grant: WallpaperStuart Hardy: First TimeThomas Baker: Burning DesireThomas Baker : Stony-HeartedTony Logan: Joyeuse Saint-ValentinTor-Anders Ulven: Lover's EmbraceWynne F. Winters: Heartless

Scary Snippets: Valentine's Edition

Grace, Melody

Brown, N.M.

O'Farrell, Charlotte

Blood and Beetles (Death and Butterflies)

Roberts, Wendy

Towse, Mark

Childress, Kelly

Eastland, Martin

Publishing, Suicide House

Anders-Ulven, Tor

Hayashi, Jason

The Killer Collection

Trick or treat; Bloody feet A hundred souls for ghosts to eat. Nothing screams Halloween more than horror. And nothing can be more horrific than scary stories. Here in this collection, we've gathered together over a hundred micro sized pieces of terror. From all around the world we've put together an anthology that will make you hungry for more. So take a seat, pull out a bowl of candy and sink your teeth into the most terrifying treat you'll get this holiday season.

Scary Snippets: A Halloween Microfiction Anthology

Miller, Terry

Barrett, T L

Horvath, AJ

Kennedy, Kevin J.

Robertson-Webb, Alanna

Featuring over 100 Christmas microfiction horror stories from around the World. Christmas is near, bring holiday fear to young and old snippets to be told proudly they write of people's fright snippets of fear Christmas is here! Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry Christmas Scary, Scary, Scary, Scary Christmas

Scary Snippets: Christmas Edition

Grim, T.W.

Moore, Nick

Levy, Jay

Tolero, Aina

McKeithan, Dan

Hopkins Drewer, Cecelia

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