by Gary Hoover | Jul 20, 2023 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
Dear friends, You can see me talking about business history on these upcoming shows on the History Channel. The series is called The Mega-Brands that Built America. I hope you enjoy them! Gary HooverExecutive DirectorAmerican Business History Center “Battle of...
by Dave Stanwick | Oct 13, 2022 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
American Business History Center subscribers, On Monday, October 3rd, 2022, the home and library of our Founder and Executive Director, Gary Hoover, burned to the ground. Thankfully, he made it out alive and is now surrounded by good friends and neighbors who...
by Gary Hoover | Aug 26, 2022 | American Business History Center News, Business in General, Newsletters
Autumn is the time many Americans put on their thinking caps and start learning again, after a summer break. So we’re offering zoom courses with Gary Hoover. We are excited to add new industry-specific, very affordable classes on the automobile, airline,...
by Gary Hoover | Jun 23, 2022 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
We’re introducing two short zoom courses in which we explore the lessons we can learn from great business leaders and innovators. Each of the two courses consists of four successive Tuesday evening 90-minute sessions, led by me, Gary Hoover. The first...
by Gary Hoover | Dec 31, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
We at the American Business History Center wish all our fans, readers, and donors a Happy New Year! We love beautiful, nostalgic images. When we published our new book Bedtime Business Stories earlier this month, we left out the great color pictures in the...
by Gary Hoover | Dec 7, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Books, Newsletters
Our new book is now available on Amazon for $19.95 for the paperback and $9.95 for Kindle version. There is no other book quite like it, full of diverse, short, unknown tales of business adventures (and misadventures). The many color pictures that go with...
by Gary Hoover | Dec 2, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
Premiering our Introduction to American Business History Zoom Course The American Business History Center and Gary Hoover are pleased to introduce our first zoom course in American business history. We have been unable to unearth any other online or zoom course...
by Gary Hoover | Nov 30, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters
Here we are at Giving Tuesday! We’re sure you are inundated with messages like this today, and perhaps every day. But we sure would appreciate any contribution you might make to help us continue our work here at the American Business History Center. Each week,...
by Gary Hoover | Nov 13, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Books, Newsletters
We are pleased to announce our first book, Bedtime Business Stories: Short Sagas of Business Creation, Success, and Failure. The book is our response to many reader requests for our articles in book form. It will be available for purchase next month, on Amazon...
by Gary Hoover | Oct 1, 2021 | American Business History Center News, Newsletters, Student Essay Contest
We are very proud to announce the winners in our first annual Student Essay Contest, open to American residents eighteen or under who submitted a history of a local company. Thanks to our donors, we are able to give out $7500 in prizes, including a $3000 first...