The contrast between its content and typical self-help books stood out - you have to be self-centered; only when one is wealthy, comes the ability to provide.

Employees get a lot less because they don’t risk much; they have pensions and sick pay and so on, and are protected by a lot of laws. Not many magazine publishers in Britain at the time were prepared to fly economy around the world cutting deals with people they didn’t know.It is because of this and the wisdom found within Dennis’s book, that How to get Rich is so unique in the way it explains the methods and consequences of obtaining capital. never indulge in fancy furniture, unless your particular business demands that you make such an impression on clients. Government funding of business education is useful in improving technical skills and management but the best thing it can do to increase innovation is to remove constraints and get out of the way - and I consider myself a hard line socialist!

The author seemingly fails to recognise that The Beatles became the world's most successful group of musicians because all four members were geniuses and their manager, Brian Epstein's genius was to assemble the four geniuses. He made two thirds of his fortune working and sharing equity with his partners Peter and Bob in America. This book will give you the facts, as only somone who made 900 million dollars from nothing can, you are either a sheep or a shepherd.The book devotes as many words to his mistakes and disasters as to his triumphs, and rather than being about how to get rich quick, it concerns ‘Knowledge learned the hard way’. Part manual, part memoir, part primer, this book is a template for those who are willing to stare down failure and transform their lives. A sizable fish in a growing sector, however small, is more attractive to prospective purchasers and investors than the same size fish in a diminishing or static pond. Especially as what come across very clearly in the book is that the author's greatest talent is to select other talented people to work for him.

Reading Dennis' stories about his journey - and being reminded that, no, it's not just you, that's just the way it is - was profoundly comforting. His other interests include breeding rare pigs, drinking French wine, collecting first edition books, and avoiding business meetings. Believe it or not, this is not always the case, and many manual styled books are written by those who have not achieved the tasks they describe in their tutorial like guides of basic knowledge and and often times limited perspective. His privately owned company, Dennis Publishing, pioneered computer and hobbyist magazine publishing in the United Kingdom. When you are young, time seems to stretch into the distance for so far that surely it will always be on your side?It is especially useful for young people who are just beginning in business, so that they can be aware of the challenges ahead of them and the sacrifices they will likely have to make as their careers advance. At the end of the day he does not take wealth, or his mad pursuit it, too seriously, and counsels the reader not to either. Fortunately for you, you do not have anything to lose and can afford to ignore the “jobsworths” and Jeremiahs who have lived upon the mountain for so long that they have come to worship it.

Having said all that it is impossible to be too critical as the book is full of gems of extremely astute advice and observation. So how about opening a (Felix) forum to the world's public to discuss not only your books, poetry etc but to ask interesting questions from the business jungle?

This is a book about entrepreneurship, as told by someone who has been wildly successful in that arena.