With a high school education and a work-life history that started at fourteen years old cleaning lots at an A&W drive-in restaurant, the author, like many of you potentially, is mostly self-taught by reading endless business books and magazines, plus decades of boots-on-the ground experience and the ever present “school of hard knocks.” He’s worked his way through various roles—grocery stores, electrical wholesaling, and some twenty years as an explosive’s sales technician, eventually becoming the general manager for this multinational company and launching a very successful international division.
The author was brought up in an entrepreneurial family and eventually moved into private enterprise himself, founding an electrochemical wastewater treatment company, developing a globally patented reactor, and expanding into international markets. Eventually, he sold his controlling stake to the company’s employees, who continue to market and supply corporate and military clients worldwide.
Having worked at every level—from laborer to CEO and owner—the author shares in Business Crib-Notes the lessons he’s learned, offering practical insights and some potential shortcuts to success, learned on his own, often stumbling through his own business adventures and mis-adventures.
They say you learn the most from your mistakes, and the author says, “I can confirm that.”
