The Week contest: Davos - February 11, 2011

last updated 8 January 2015

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THE WINNER: Am I Worth 2000 of My Employees? YES!

Gerry McGovern, Naperville, IL

SECOND PLACE: How to Get More From the People that Have Less

Tim Ashford, Lomita, CA

THIRD PLACE: Wall Street is from Mars, Main Street is from Venus

Becca Coley, Denver

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Solving the World's Problems Through Skiing

Donald Menchise, Nashville

I'm Okay — You're Poor!

William Cohen, Delmar, NY

Unleash the Ponzi Within

Wes Edens, Glendale, AZ

How to Win Friends & Influence the SEC

John Barczyk, Rochester, MI

How to Win Friends & Raid Their Corporations

Joel V. Harvey, Lawrenceburg, TN

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Lying

Jerilyn Morgan, Marblehead, MA

Getting Your Life Back 101: What Not to Say When Speaking to The Media

John Besnard, Irvine, CA

It's Not You, It's Them

Sarah Hovis, Rochester Hills, MI

The Greed-Driven Life

Ryan Abrahamson, Sturgeon Bay, WI

Chicken Soup for the Soulless

Ilayne Geller, Irving, TX

Accessorizing with Kevlar

Randi Meyer, Port S. Lucie, FL

A Meeting of the Mine's

Ronnie Richardson, Cambridge, MD

Life after Dearth

Don Trow, Lancaster, PA

How Tax-Sheltered is my Parachute?

Bruce Alter, Fairfax Station, VA

You've Got It All. How Can You Get More?

Edmund Conti, Raleigh, NC