Call me Ted
by Ted Turner · first published 2008
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"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise!" These words of fatherly advice helped shape Ted Turner's remarkable life, but they only begin to explain the colorful, energetic, and unique style that has made Ted into one of the most amazing personalities of our time. Along the way - among his numerous accomplishments -- Ted became one of the richest men in the world, the largest land owner in the United States, revolutionized the television business with the creation of TBS and CNN, became a champion sailor and winner of the America's Cup, and took home a World Series champions
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on “Ask HN: Great books you read in 2009?” ↗I haven't finished it yet, but I've liked Call me Ted in a lot of the same ways as Branson's book, so far. http://www.amazon.com/Call-Me-Ted-Turner/dp/0446581895
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