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Business Plus

Business Plus represents the international expansion of Warner Business Books, which was founded in 2000 and has enjoyed great success, with more than three dozen books landing on The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, or Business Week bestseller lists. Some of the more notable Business Plus titles include ON THE BRINK: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System by former US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson; JACK: Straight from the Gut by Jack Welch, the former CEO of GE; and RICH DAD POOR DAD by Robert Kiyosaki. Other bestselling authors include Coach Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, Capt. D. Michael Abrashoff, Dr. Lois Frankel, Harry Beckwith, Dr. Roger von Oech, Wess Roberts, Don Phillips, Jeff Benedict, Bo Schembechler, John U. Bacon, Sandy Weill, and many more.

Rick Wolff is Vice President, Executive Editor at Grand Central Publishing, and also serves as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of Business Plus. Wolff, a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard University, has written numerous books and business articles himself over the years.

Business Plus

Featured Books

  • On the Brink
  • On the Brink

  • By Henry M. Paulson, Jr. ,

  • Former Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson -- who was at the epicenter of the crashing financial markets -- provides his first person account of what really happened.

  • The Gold Standard
  • The Gold Standard

  • By Mike Krzyzewski ,

  • The legendary Coach K reveals the unique leadership skills that he used to unify a bunch of highly-egocentric NBA superstars to work together in order to win the Gold medal in the 2008 Summer Olympic games.

  • Hot (broke) Messes
  • Hot (broke) Messes

  • By Nancy Trejos ,

  • The personal finance columnist for The Washington Post shows readers how they can go from being a hot mess to a financial success.

  • Selling in Tough Times
  • Selling in Tough Times

  • By Tom Hopkins ,

  • From the author of the classic, million-plus seller HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF SELLING, creative and innovative selling strategies for today's most competitive markets.

  • Delivering Happiness
  • Delivering Happiness

  • By Tony Hsieh ,

  • The hip, iconoclastic CEO of Zappos shows how a different kind of corporate culture can make a huge difference in achieving remarkable results -- by actually creating a company culture that values happiness --and then delivers on it.

Featured Books

  • Millionaire by Thirty
  • Millionaire by Thirty

  • By Douglas R. Andrew ,

  • At last! The definitive, easy to understand and breakthrough guide on how young people can take their limited first income and turn it into a small fortune by the time they turn thirty.

  • The Mirror Test
  • The Mirror Test

  • By Jeffrey W. Hayzlett ,

  • A definitive, prescriptive and very much "in-your-face" approach on how business managers (including small business owners) can truly evaluate what's not working well in their businesses and how they can turn their companies around.

Featured Authors

  • Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

  • Get To Know

  • Henry M. Paulson, Jr.

  • Henry M. Paulson, Jr. served under President George W. Bush as the 74th Secretary of the Treasury from June 2006 until January 2009. Before coming to Treasury, Paulson was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs since the firm's initial public offering in 1999. He joined Goldman Sachs Chicago Office in 1974 and rose through the ranks holding several positions including, Managing Partner of the firm's Chicago office, Co-head of the firm's investment Banking Division, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Co-Senior partner.

    Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Paulson was a member of the White House Domestic Council, serving as Staff Assistant to the President from 1972 to 1973, and as Staff Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon from 1970 to 1972.

    Paulson graduated from Dartmouth in 1968, where he majored in English, was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and an All Ivy, All East football player. He received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1970.

  • Tom Hopkins

  • Get To Know

  • Tom Hopkins

  • Tom Hopkins is the founder and president of the renowned sales training service Tom Hopkins International.  He is a member of the National Speakers Bureau and is the author of the national bestseller HOW TO MASTER THE ART OF SELLING.  Today, over 35,000 corporations and millions of professional salespeople throughout the world utilize his professional sales training materials.

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Manuscript Submissions

Due to the volume of submissions we receive, the editorial department of Business Plus is unable to accept unsolicited material. While we cannot recommend an agent, agent lists can be found in such resources as the Literary Market Place, available in most public libraries or on literarymarketplace.com.

 

Contact Information

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