What's Luck Got to Do with It?: Twelve Entrepreneurs Reveal the Secrets Behind Their Success

by Gregory K. Ericksen

Book Overview

Jim McCann started with a flower shop on the side and ended up with 1-800-FLOWERS, the world''s largest florist. Joanna Lau transformed a money-losing $7-million company into a profitable, diversified business with $56 million in annual revenues. Ted Waitt started Gateway 2000 on his family''s cattle farm in Iowa and in less than ten years is running a billion-dollar company. What do they know that you don''t know? What''s Luck Got To Do With It?...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471179981
• ISBN13: 9780471179986
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

What's luck got to do with it?

Excellent book for those who are interested in reading about successful people. It is interesting that each chapter is dedicated to one successful entrepreneur. They come from different cultures, family background and even values BUT they possessed the common attributes that caused them to be succesful: - presistence - risk taking - believe in self and others - patience - Hard working. Overall easy reading.I would strongly recommend this book.