Summary of Spencer E. Ante's Creative Capital - E-book - ePub

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insghts: #1 In the spring of 1913, 13-year-old Georges Doriot ran home from school. He had excelled at his classes, and had the certificate to prove it. His father, however, was unimpressed. #2 When Auguste was discharged from the French Army in the fall of 1889, he was a young and ambitious man who had great expectations.
However, he had to spend five years in the prime of his youth serving in the military. #3 Auguste was born on October 24, 1863, in Sainte-Suzanne, a village in the Franche-Comte province about a dozen miles northwest of Valentigney. He was fifteen when he was recruited into the Army, and after five years he returned to the Peugeot Company. #4 The Peugeot brothers were fortunate in that their family business was large and profitable enough to finance their expansion into new industries.
In the nineteenth century, financial markets were crude and entrepreneurs had a difficult time raising money for new ventures.