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Leading Disney Historian Didier Ghez Provides Rave Review of The Business of Walt Disney!

Barry Linetsky’s…excellent book…is the first real attempt at telling the whole story of Walt’s career purely from a business standpoint and it definitely achieves its goal.

Barry has done his homework. His book is well researched and an easy read. He makes excellent use of all the interviews that have been released via Walt’s People over the years and of all the other books about Disney that were not available to his predecessors.

This is…an excellent book…that Disney enthusiasts will want to read right away.

From Theme Park Press and the world of book publishing comes exciting news!

…News of the publication of the first and most complete Walt Disney biography that takes you deep inside the business life of Walt Disney.

Written for entrepreneurs, business leaders, managers, students, and every Disney lover, The Business of Walt Disney and the Nine Principles of His Success by Barry Linetsky tells the exciting true story of Walt Disney’s rise from graphic artist in Kansas City, Missouri, to become the most recognized, loved, and celebrated businessman of all time!

This is the business adventure that you won’t want to miss!

Available right now in paperback and eBook from amazon.

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“The inclination of my life – the motto, you might call it – has been to do things and make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amusing ways. By doing that I please and satisfy myself.” Walt Disney

“To satisfy the customer is the mission and purpose of every business…[and] any serious attempt to state ‘what our business is’ must start with the customer, his realities, his situation, his behavior, his expectations, and his values.” Peter Drucker

“It’s no secret. We’ve always tried to manage by our values because when you know what your values are, decision-making is easier.” Roy O. Disney

“Management consists of making decision after decisions, all day long, and if your values are destructive…your decisions tend to be bad, fuzzy…. Management is all a matter of values in the final analysis.” Roy O. Disney

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Leading Disney Historian Didier Ghez Provides Rave Review of The Business of Walt Disney!

From Theme Park Press and the world of book publishing comes exciting news!

“The inclination of my life – the motto, you might call it – has been to do things and make things which will give pleasure to people in new and amusing ways. By doing that I please and satisfy myself.” Walt Disney

“To satisfy the customer is the mission and purpose of every business…[and] any serious attempt to state ‘what our business is’ must start with the customer, his realities, his situation, his behavior, his expectations, and his values.” Peter Drucker

“It’s no secret. We’ve always tried to manage by our values because when you know what your values are, decision-making is easier.” Roy O. Disney

“Management consists of making decision after decisions, all day long, and if your values are destructive…your decisions tend to be bad, fuzzy…. Management is all a matter of values in the final analysis.” Roy O. Disney

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