Time to Get Tough - How Cookies, Coffee, and a Crash Led to Success in Business and Life (Paperback)

Michael J. Coles, the cofounder of the Great American Cookie Company and the former CEO of Caribou Coffee, did not follow a conventional path into business. He does not have an Ivy League pedigree or an MBA from a top-ten business school. He grew up poor, starting work at the age of thirteen. He had many false starts and painful defeats, but Coles has a habit of defying expectations. His life and career have been about turning obstacles into opportunities, tragedies into triumphs, and poverty into philanthropy. In Time to Get Tough, Coles explains how he started a $100-million company with only $8,000, overcame a near-fatal motorcycle accident, ran for the U.S. Congress, and set three transcontinental cycling world records. His story also offers a firsthand perspective on the business, political, and philanthropic climate in the last quarter of the twentieth century and serves as an important case study for anyone interested in overcoming a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Readers will also discover practical leadership lessons and unconventional ways of approaching business. An inspirational and unconventional Georgia-grown success story.

General

Imprint:	University of Georgia Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2021
Authors:	Michael J. Coles • Catherine M. Lewis
Foreword by:	Jim Kennedy
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	248
ISBN-13:	978-0-8203-5776-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Biography > General
LSN:	0-8203-5776-6
Barcode:	9780820357768

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