In 1955 Henry Bloch and his brother Dick founded H&R Block. Through a mixtureof hard work and luck, they transitioned this Kansas City based bookkeeping business into a tax preparation firm just as the IRS stopped preparing tax returns for people. Over the course of more than fifty years, the company grew to become the largest tax preparation firm in the world, serving more than twentymillion clients a year INDICE: Introduction (Henry W. Bloch). Author's Note. Chapter One: Chip off the Ol' Block. Childhood Lessons. Without a Road Map. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Two: Heaven Can Wait. Off to War. A Lucky Bastard. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Three: Three Nobodies with an Idea. A Tradition of Trailblazers. Carrying on the Entrepreneurial Spirit. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Four: Taking thePlunge. The Plan. The Start. A New Partner. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Five:Made in Heaven. The Courtship. The Union. The Family. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Six: A Blockbuster Idea. This Tax Thing. The Birth of an Industry. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Seven: New York, New York. The Second Season. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Eight: Building Blocks. Entrepreneurship 101. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Nine: Going Places. Like a Family. Going Public. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Ten: Learning to Soar. Little Details. The Best Ideas. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Eleven: Setbacks and Comebacks. The Aftermath. Distractions.A Dreadful Diagnosis. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Twelve: Heartbroken. A Bad Dream. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Thirteen: Gains and Losses. Transitions. A Transformation. Mourning. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Fourteen: Block Heads. Blunders. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Fifteen: A Fork in the Road. Hitting a Wall. More Taxing Times. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Sixteen: A Taxing System. Tax History. Tax Policy. The Ideal Tax System. Henrys Deductions. Chapter Seventeen: Opening Doors. The Bloch School. The Bloch Scholars. A Debt to Society. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Eighteen: Making an Impression. Giving Back. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Nineteen: And Then Some. Secrets of the Successful Entrepreneur. Building the Winning Team. Thriving in the Changing Marketplace. Creating a Responsible and Dynamic Business. True Success. Henry's Deductions. Chapter Twenty: Miscellaneous Deductions. A Decent Man. Notes. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Index.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-76777-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 240
- Fecha Publicación: 17/11/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés