Advance Praise and Reviews

Every term you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask – 5 Star Rating-Amazon’s Highest!
Grady Harp (Amazon Top 50 reviewer)

Ron Sturgeon has accomplished far more than he set out to do…not only has he unraveled the secret terminology of big business, served up in an astute and often hilarious parody. Using a format that is incisive yet instructional…unearths the phrases and terms that make the corporate world sing and defines them then uses them in examples that not only are suitable but also poignant… This is a treasure map… imaginative, and thoroughly entertaining. Sturgeon has enlisted the brilliant artist Gahan Wilson to make the whole book visually exciting. Bravo to Sturgeon for an ingenious concept well done! Highly recommended. 

“Green Weenies is an absolute must for business people and investors.”
Wray Thompson, CEO, Tandy Leather Factory, Inc.

“Every businesswoman NEEDS this book!”
Virginia Anderson, Vice President and Corporate Secretary, XTO Energy Inc.

“A scintillating spoof on the lexicons business people use.”
John Slocum, author of the Smarter Organization (and 26 other books on management), chair of the SMU Cox School's Management and Organization department 

“I love this book. The drawings by Gahan Wilson are always entertaining, and the expressions described by Ron Sturgeon are just plain fun. I've learned more about business by reading this book than by reading 10 other books on management.” 
John Kremer, Editor, Author, 1001 Ways to Market Your Books

“A way to laugh and learn the nuances of the business world — certainly you won't learn these in school, unless it is the school of hard knocks....”
Dan Hanlon, Chairman, CEO and Founder, Union Hill Ventures, Excelsior-Henderson Motorcycles

“If you're venturing into the strange land of business, here's your phrase book. It will tell you what you need to know to sound like you belong there and aren't just a tourist.  Green Weenies is the definitive guide to that language, and should be required reading in any MBA program.” 
Brian Farrington, Attorney (labor law)

“Ron Sturgeon reveals the secret language of the corporate madhouse with uproarious results in the most trenchant inside-track survey this side of Herman Melville’s Bartleby. Gahan Wilson’s cartoons capture ideally the nervous absurdity of the board-room demimonde.”
Michael H. Price, Arts Editor, The Fort Worth Business Press

“Kudos to Green Weenies.  Finally, a valuable tool for women that decodes the language of the ‘old boy network.’”
Cheryl Georg, Principal, WorldGroup Advisory, Media and Branding Solutions

"Green Weenies is now required reading in my company as a guide for all deal folks.”
Brian G Reynolds, Managing Partner, Chatham Capital

“Don't let any pencil brain (p. 44) tell you otherwise, but this book is all that and a bag of chips (p. 72).  Green Weenies alpha dog (p. 7) Ron Sturgeon has peeled the onion (p. 44) on an area of business you won't learn about in any other book on the market today!”
Joseph R. Mannes, Managing Director, SAMCO Capital Markets

“As useful as it is entertaining; even the most experienced deal junkie will find new insights.”
Don Glendenning (corporate and securities attorney), Partner, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

“Business is war, and the jargon from Sturgeon’s latest work provides a tremendous edge."
Fred P. Mesch, CPA, Nation’s Top Producer, H. D. Vest Financial

"Green Weenies was a perfect high school graduation gift for my son. He will be studying business in college. But he will learn more about business from Sturgeon's book than he will ever learn in the classroom."
C. Ronald Kalteyer, Tax Attorney, Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP

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