CARSON CITY, Nev., Dec. 28, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xlibris, the leading print-on-demand self-publishing services provider, announced today the release of Creating A World Class Company: A Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit, a new business book authored by Bob Thomas.
Inspired by Thomas' extensive experiences and achievements in business, Creating A World Class Company is a comprehensive guide that offers readers crucial guidance on how to become effective entrepreneurs and be able to compete in the corporate field. It contains in-depth discussions covering a wide range of aspects of business such as funding a company without borrowing money or selling stock; choosing the best sales strategy for the company's products and/or services; implementing primary and secondary marketing; selecting partners with dovetailing skills; protecting company patents and trade secrets; implementing proven methods of assuring employee loyalty and longevity at all levels; adopting a profit-sharing idea that will reward the company and its employees, and much more. According to Diermar Wertanzl, President and CEO of CruiseWest, "There has never been a book quite like this one."
In addition, this book also contains detailed descriptions of the author's business ventures and the decisions he made beginning in 1964 when he and his partners founded UNI-LOC. Today, UNI-LOC is prosperous with a new name: Rosemount Analytical, a division of Emerson, a Fortune 500 company.
Creating A World Class Company: A Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit is strongly recommended to business entrepreneurs, aspiring business people and readers with interest in business. Readers who wish to order a copy are encouraged to visit Xlibris.com, call (888) 795-4274 or send an email to orders@xlibris.com today.
About the Author
Bob Thomas was raised and educated in Southern California, graduating from UCLA. He was an aerospace engineer for seven years prior to opting for sales-engineering, selling high-tech products to the aerospace industry. He soon became California Regional Manager. In 1964, he co-founded UNI-LOC, a high-tech company that designs and manufactures analytical instrumentation for the oil, gas, chemical, petrochemical and food industries. Over the next eight years, as President and CEO, he led the company well into world-class status. Today, UNI-LOC is known as Rosemount Analytical, a division of Emerson, a Fortune 500 company.
Following UNI-LOC, Thomas and his partner, Ted Barben, founded Thomas-Barben Instruments (TBI) in 1977, in Nevada. Today, TBI is a thriving division of ABB, the Swiss conglomerate. He is now a director of Universal Analyzers and Barben Analyzer Technology, two young Nevada high-tech companies that are on the threshold of becoming world-class. The author and his wife Ingrid live in Carson City, Nevada.
Creating A World Class Company * by Bob Thomas
A Triumph of the Entrepreneurial Spirit
Publication Date: December 23, 2009
Trade Paperback; $19.99; 315 pages; 978-1-4500-0513-5
Trade Hardback; $29.99; 316 pages; 978-1-4500-0514-2
To request a complimentary paperback review copy, contact the publisher at (888) 795-4274 x. 7479. Tear sheets may be sent by regular or electronic mail to Marketing Services. To purchase copies of the book for resale, please fax Xlibris at (610) 915-0294 or call (888) 795-4274 x. 7876.
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