Chicken Lips, Wheeler-Dealer, and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A

Frank Farwell 지음

Wiley 2011년 06월 03일 출간

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One man's worldwide entrepreneurial adventurehellip;and how to follow in his footstepsPart memoir, part practical guide for any budding entrepreneur, Chicken Lips, Wheeler-Dealer and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A. is the story of how one man abandoned a cushy publishing job in Manhattan to pursue his dream of working for himself. Spanning eleven years, the book tells the sometimes moving, sometimes funny, and always inspiring story of Frank Farwell, who rediscovered a forgotten product from China and cashed in on a readily defined American market niche. A fascinating look at the transitional years of modern China, the book is packed with helpful information for anyone keen to leave well-paid tedium for the Wild West of self-employment.As the interest in self-employment rises, Chicken Lips, Wheeler-Dealer, and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A. fills an important niche. Covering the successes and failures that mark the path of the committed entrepreneur, the book entertains and instructs using concrete, real-life examples that clearly illustrate the dos and don'ts of running your own business.A non-fiction look at the world of self-employment that uses a real-life story to illustrate successes and pitfallsIncludes a quot;Lessons Learnedquot; appendix that succinctly explain the most important takeaways for starting your own businessA compelling insight into entrepreneurship that spans continentsThe story of a tenderfoot company and its neophyte boss who maneuvers his way in and out of trouble to ultimately build a business that is still thriving today, Chicken Lips, Wheeler-Dealer, and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A. is a fascinating, informative look at entrepreneurship in the twenty-first century.

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PART 1 Building and Blundering.1. Cigar Butts and Newspaper Junkies.2. Over the Falls.3. Searching for The Product.4. Chicken Lips and Happy Linebacker.5. A Chinese Clue.6. Seagull in the Desert.7. The Trouble with Miss Wisconsin.8. The Wisdom of Soapstone.9. HR Blunders.PART 2 Emergence, Growth, and Profits.10. The Magic of Smiling Dan.11. The Silver Fox.12. Mrs. Hollingsworth and the Choker Turtlenecks.13. Battling Seventh Avenue.14. The Long Island Leg Breaker.15. Grilled Squid in Backstreet Seoul.16. Uncle Bob and the Sharp-Eyed Rookie.17. The Delusional Printer.18. The Long Road to Almost Perfect.PART 3 Chaos to Clarity: Dodging Bullets While Building an Organization.19. An Accelerating Blur.20. Rookie's Waltz.21. The Philosophy of Numbers.22. Employees from Heaven&-and Hell.23. Stocks Crash, Workers Strike.24. Our Own Saint George, and Shanghai Ed.25. The Mulberry Tree Drought.26. Running on Fumes.PART 4 The Dance of Divesture.27. The Plain Truth About Overfed Cowboy.28. The Pantyhose King and Wall Street Con Man.29. Gray Flannel Godzilla.30. Wheeler-Dealer, Big Hitter, and the Beady-Eyed M.B.A..31. Marathon Poker.32. Fight to the Finish.33. Yawning on Park Avenue.34. The Chinese Limo.PART 5 Epilogue.35. The Darkest Two Years.36. Transitions.37. Offshore.Acknowledgments.Index.

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Pick up this book and strap yourself in for a wild ride! Frank Farwell lets you peer into the heart and soul of an entrepreneur as he tells of building WinterSilks from the ground up. From staring into the abyss of failure to seeing a glimmer of light on the path to success, this story has it all&m-sheer guts, dogged persistence, personal sacrifice, naive stumbling, learning and adaptation, plain old luck, high anxiety, sleepless nights, and more. Farwell tells his tale with keen observation and great wit. If you want to be an entrepreneur, this book tells you what it's all about.Alan R. MeyerCo-founder and CEO, Ocularis PharmaFormer EVP CFO, PathoGenesisBrutally honest and funny, this entrepreneur's journey from start-up to sale has a Hollywood ending. The book is hard to put down and, equally important, the never-say-die story is a wonderful lesson for anyone in the world who wants to start and run their own business.Dan SchwartzFormer Chairman and CEO, Asian Venture Capital JournalFounder, President and CEO, Qiosk.comAnyone wanting to become a successful entrepreneur should read Frank Farwell' book. His amazing journey from an under-capitalized start-up to owner of a multimillion dollar company is told with warmth and humor. His disasters and successes and the astonishing characters he meets along the way will be recognized by entrepreneurs around the world. Who says that you can' have fun while making money?!Bill HeineckeFounder, Minor GroupAuthor of The EntrepreneurFrank Farwell provides us with a rare glimpse into the mind of an entrepreneur. From humble beginnings, Farwell ultimately built the highly successful WinterSilks catalog. Part of what makes reading this book more fun and memorable than the typical business book is that it is peopled with characters the reader can learn from, understand and enjoy, such as "Old Pro" and "Gray Flan

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Frank Farwell worked as a cub newspaper reporter for the Claremont, New Hampshire, Daily Eagle, and Vermont-s Windsor Chronicle, then enrolled in Northwestern University-s M.B.A. program. After two semesters he took a summer job at Times-Mirror Magazines in New York and stayed on to become managing editor of Ski magazine, and then staff editor at Ziff-Davis- Yachting. Four years later, tired of publishing-s modest pay scale, he quit gainful employment to found a tiny company in his attic. His staff- and freelance-written articles have appeared in The New York Times, Signature, Ski, Backpacker, Yachts and Yachting (U.K.), AOPA Pilot, IFR, The Guide to Cross Country Skiing, Ski Business, Harrowsmith, Kiplinger-s Changing Times, The Kazi (Japan), Cross Country Skier, Outdoor Life, Marathon World, Nordic World, and In Business. He has been a commercial- and instrument-rated pilot with 2,000 hours flight time, and in his 50-s raced canoe and cross-country ski events throughout the Midwest and eastern Canada. He has three children and lives in the northern Great Lakes region. This is his first book.