
Driven
by Robert Herjavec, John Lawrence Reynolds
Robert Herjavec has lived the classic "rags to riches" story. He has gone from having only $20 in his pocket to starting up technology companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The son of Croatian immigrants, Herjavec overcame the odds and amassed incredible wealth, doing so through pure hard work and determination. Currently a star on television's Dragons' Den and Shark Tank, where he bankrolls the best inventions and shoots down the best intentions, Herjavec always stresses the value of bold ideas, persistence and having the guts to make the tough decisions. And now, for the first time, he shares his hard-won wisdom in one of the most inspirational business books of the year. Driven is organized by the fifty work and life principles that made Robert Herjavec both wealthy and successful (indeed, these terms are not synonymous). He reveals the secrets that took him from waiting tables to growing his nascent technology company, The Herjavec Group, into a world-class conglomerate. He challenges his readers to learn from failure and to profit from changes, to recognize that everything in life involves selling and to understand that there is no finish line. His principles are as
For young readers
Book data: Open Library