Overnight Success: Federal Express and Fredrick Smith, Its Renegade Creator

Rating:
Summary: Pass on this Book
Review: if you're looking for an insightful business-case history of the start of Fedex. Fred Smith and Fedex gave no assistance to Trimble, and the lack of those valuable sources show throughout the book.

I inferred that this refusal of help was because of the extensive support of "Absolutely Positively Overnight!: The Story of Federal Express" by Sigafoos, and the controversial result.

Bottom line: If you're interested in learning about Fedex from inception to the early 80's, I'd go for Sigafoos book (though right now it's ~$100) and ignore this one completely.

Rating:
Summary: Pass on this Book
Review: if you're looking for an insightful business-case history of the start of Fedex. Fred Smith and Fedex gave no assistance to Trimble, and the lack of those valuable sources show throughout the book.

I inferred that this refusal of help was because of the extensive support of "Absolutely Positively Overnight!: The Story of Federal Express" by Sigafoos, and the controversial result.

Bottom line: If you're interested in learning about Fedex from inception to the early 80's, I'd go for Sigafoos book (though right now it's ~$100) and ignore this one completely.