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A billion dollars in sales, or was it 350 million? Who was really keeping track, anyway? From underground raves and Hollywood parties to run-ins with organized crime and going toe-to-toe with the US government itself, in this unbelievable autobiography, Shaahin Cheyene tells the often-bizarre story of how one rags-to-riches teenager commandeered the rising tide of music, money, and drugs in Venice Beach, California, in the '90s to become...the King of the Thrill Pill Cult.
Shaahin went from sleeping in his car to building a multimillion-dollar empire that spanned the globe by the age of 18, earning him an international reputation as the mastermind of the "smart drug" movement and garnering the fierce attention of federal authorities. His legal party drug, "Herbal Ecstacy", took the music world by storm, putting this ordinary young man on an extraordinary collision course with a life of fame, fortune, and high-flying excess. But the higher you fly, the further the fall. With Big Pharma, disgruntled drug dealers, and federal regulators all itching to pull him down, how does one man fight to keep this wild ride alive?
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It's Your Move
- My Million Dollar Method for Taking Risks with Confidence and Succeeding at Work and Life
- By: Josh Altman
- Narrated by: Josh Altman
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 457
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 398
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 394
Josh "the Shark" Altman has achieved extraordinary success in a traditional industry and in the most competitive real estate market in the country - all without being "discovered" or catching the proverbial big break. He worked for it. He figured it out. He failed. He learned. He wrote his own script. The key to his success? Confidence - informed, intelligent, calculated confidence. Calculated confidence means training yourself in your chosen field, knowing it so well that you can trust your gut instincts to guide you toward the best possible option.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Overall a good book but recommend a title change
- By Reginald on 06-19-18
By: Josh Altman
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Chronicles of a Fashion Buyer
- The Mostly True Adventures of an International Fashion Buyer
- By: Mercedes Gonzalez
- Narrated by: Mercedes Gonzalez
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story5 out of 5 stars 22
Fashion is a business of smoke and mirrors, notorious for crushing the souls of most who dare to be part of the industry. Go on a global expedition with New York City-based fashion buyer, strategist, and consultant, Mercedes Gonzalez, as she learns that there is no glamour in fashion and that only cutthroat corporate espionage prevails. From politicking with blood diamond dealers and Russian kingpins to living in indigenous villages, she has relied on her street smarts and fear of her uncle in order to outwit the industry tyrants at their own game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enagaging
- By Rainbow on 07-31-23
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Ignore Everybody
- And 39 Other Keys to Creativity
- By: Hugh MacLeod
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 2 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 200
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 149
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Story4 out of 5 stars 149
When Hugh MacLeod was a struggling young copywriter living in a YMCA, he started to doodle on the backs of business cards while sitting at a bar. Those cartoons eventually led to a popular blog - gapingvoid.com - and a reputation for pithy insight and humor, in both words and pictures. MacLeod has opinions on everything from marketing to the meaning of life, but one of his main subjects is creativity. How do new ideas emerge in a cynical, risk-averse world?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ignore this book !
- By Tim on 08-03-09
By: Hugh MacLeod
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Black Founder
- The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider
- By: Stacy Spikes
- Narrated by: Stacy Spikes
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 65
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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From the award-winning entrepreneur USA Today named one of the twenty-one most influential Blacks in technology comes an empowering, bracingly honest, entertaining blueprint for success in life and work—including the true story of what really happened to MoviePass—straight from the cofounder and former CEO himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating memoir
- By Carla M Fisher on 12-14-24
By: Stacy Spikes
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Total Focus
- Making Better Decisions Under Pressure
- By: Brandon Webb, John David Mann
- Narrated by: Johnathan McClain, Brandon Webb
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 674
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 598
Over his four deployments as a Navy SEAL sniper, Brandon Webb learned all about performing while experiencing heart-pounding stress. After returning to civilian life, he started his first business venture - and failed miserably. He realized that his big mistake was neglecting to apply what he already knew about focus under pressure. By drawing on the lessons of his SEAL training and early business struggles, Webb went on to build a second business, a media network called Hurricane.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Biography/ sales pitch.
- By Dennis on 01-10-18
By: Brandon Webb, and others
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Mentor to Millions
- By: Kevin Harrington, Mark Timm
- Narrated by: Kevin Harrington, Mark Timm
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 111
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 96
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 94
Kevin Harrington, one of the original "sharks" of the TV hit Shark Tank, and serial entrepreneur Mark Timm take you on a journey that radically redefines what it means to truly succeed - at work, at home, and in every area of life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Listen at 1.4x
- By Mark Fry on 09-26-20
By: Kevin Harrington, and others
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Unlabel
- Selling You Without Selling Out
- By: Marc Ecko
- Narrated by: Todd Haberkorn, Marc Ecko
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 443
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Instructive as it is innovative, Unlabel will empower you to channel your creativity, find the courage to defy convention, and summon the confidence to act and compete in any environment. This blueprint will teach you how to grow both creatively and commercially by testing your personal brand against the principles of the Authenticity Formula. Marc Eckō shares the bruising mistakes and remarkable triumphs that reveal the truth behind his success, growing from a misfit kid airbrushing T-shirts in his parents' garage to the bold creator of two hugely successful branded platforms.
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5 out of 5 stars
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...So Real, It Should Be Illegal
- By 2Fresh on 01-20-16
By: Marc Ecko
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Lose Well
- By: Chris Gethard
- Narrated by: Chris Gethard
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 388
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 341
Let’s face it: we all want a seat at the cool table, a great job, and loads of money. But most of us won’t be able to achieve this widely accepted, black-or-white, definition of winning, which makes us feel like failures, that we’re destined to a life of loserdom. That’s the conventional wisdom. It’s also crap, according to comedian and cult hero Chris Gethard, who knows a thing of two about losing. Failing is an art form, he argues; in fact, it’s the only the way we’re ever going to discover who we are, what we really want, and how to live the kind of life we only dreamed about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHAT A LOSER
- By Amazon Customer on 01-26-19
By: Chris Gethard
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Winging It: Stop Thinking, Start Doing
- Why Action Beats Planning Every Time
- By: Emma Isaacs
- Narrated by: Emma Isaacs
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 66
Women are notorious over-preparers and underestimators when it comes to their own readiness to try something new. But as Emma teaches, what most often holds us back are our own fears, excuses, and doubts. With her revolutionary manifesto, Winging It, Emma shares a rallying cry for all women to “do the things that scare you, build your wealth, make an impact, fail lots, and get up and try again”.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good advice
- By Amanda Schmidt on 05-28-21
By: Emma Isaacs
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The Power of Being Yourself
- A Game Plan for Success by Putting Passion into Your Life and Work
- By: Joe Plumeri
- Narrated by: Joe Plumeri, Joseph A. Califano Jr.
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
Everyone imagines top CEOs as larger-than-life figures who do things no one else could. But deep down every good business leader is an everyman who combines vision and high energy with the ability to connect with all types of people and learn from them
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5 out of 5 stars
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Go Play in Traffic!
- By Teri Gasper on 01-03-18
By: Joe Plumeri
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The Invisible Heart
- An Economic Romance
- By: Russell D. Roberts
- Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4 out of 5 stars 71
The Invisible Heart takes a provocative look at business, economics, and regulation through the eyes of Sam Gordon and Laura Silver, teachers at the exclusive Edwards School in Washington, D.C. Sam lives and breathes capitalism. He thinks that most government regulation is unnecessary or even harmful. He believes that success in business is a virtue. He believes that our humanity flourishes under economic freedom. Laura prefers Wordsworth to the Wall Street Journal.
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2 out of 5 stars
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One of Susie Bright's Misses
- By Anne in State College on 10-27-15
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem
- A Memoir
- By: Daniel R. Day
- Narrated by: Omari Hardwick, Daniel R. Day
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2,346
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,055
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2,049
With his now-legendary store on 125th Street in Harlem, Dapper Dan pioneered high-end streetwear in the 1980s, remixing classic luxury-brand logos into his own innovative, glamorous designs. But before he reinvented haute couture, he was a hungry boy with holes in his shoes, a teen who daringly gambled drug dealers out of their money, and a young man in a prison cell who found nourishment in books. In this remarkable memoir, he tells his full story for the first time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Textbook for the Ages
- By Joël j. Sylvain on 07-13-19
By: Daniel R. Day
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This Is Not a Fashion Story
- Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City
- By: Danielle Bernstein
- Narrated by: Danielle Bernstein
- Length: 4 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 339
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 288
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Story4 out of 5 stars 286
Danielle Bernstein spent her youth shopping at discount department stores, getting boozy in suburban backyards, and proposing marriage to every boy she dated. By age 19, she was a college dropout living in a West Village shoebox with three roommates and only six months to prove that her blog, @WeWoreWhat, could become a full blown career...or else board the train back to her mom's house. This Is Not a Fashion Story is the down and dirty tale of how a Long Island-born teenager became one of the most recognizable names in fashion.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Waste of time
- By Leena on 05-18-20
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Karmic Management
- What Goes Around Comes Around In Your Business and Your Life
- By: Geshe Michael Roach, Lama Christie McNally, Michael Gordon
- Narrated by: Geshe Michael Roach
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Traditional Eastern wisdom and real-life business experience come together in this brief and practical guide, which offers a step-by-step plan that will help readers adopt a more successful way of working and living. Karmic Management is a little book with a revolutionary message. It turns traditional business mentality on its head by stating simply that helping others become successful - suppliers, customers, even competitors - is the real key to success in life as well as in business.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Ellen on 07-20-10
By: Geshe Michael Roach, and others
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High-Hanging Fruit
- Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else WIll
- By: Mark Rampolla
- Narrated by: Mark Rampolla
- Length: 6 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 93
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story5 out of 5 stars 77
When Mark Rampolla filled a notebook with potential start-up ideas, his wife asked him some tough questions. What about this idea is exciting, beyond the possibility of a profit? How will it fit into a life that makes you and your family happy? How will it change the world? Eventually Mark found his great idea: coconut water. He had seen the developing world use coconut water, but this valuable resource was being discarded in the US. While taking on the beverage industry was a big goal - high-hanging fruit - it was worth the risk.
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1 out of 5 stars
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10 Chapter Infomercial
- By KIM WILLIAMSON on 02-16-20
By: Mark Rampolla
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Double or Nothing
- How Two Friends Risked It All to Buy One of Las Vegas' Legendary Casinos
- By: Tom Breitling, Cal Fussman
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 46
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 46
If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would've headed for Vegas. However, they'd have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino. Call them the Odds Couple.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A look at lives of 2 guys who bought casino
- By Eric A, on 01-05-21
By: Tom Breitling, and others
What listeners say about Billion: How I Became King of the Thrill Pill Cult
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- Fred Moss
- 12-09-21
One of the Best books I have read in years!
I was riveted from the beginning. What a story, nearly surreal and yet brutally real at the same time. Extraordinary life experiences this unique are difficult to even imagine and Mr. Cheyenne brings it to full living color, like I was walking with him the whole time. I was sad to hear this book end as I could have gone on for hours more!
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- Luis Rios
- 01-13-22
Gold Nuggets in every Chapter!
Shaanin! wow what an incredible share. I listened to the book all the way through in one go! Against all odds ,countless obstacles, setbacks you pushed through! Such an inspirational story . You also placed nuggets of wisdom throughout they book ! thank you Luis. Looking forward to meeting you in person in the future.
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- octaviogu
- 12-06-21
Excellent Book
The audiobook was excellent I actually finished the audiobook in just 1 weekend. 100% recommend.
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- Zavosh Rashidi
- 11-02-21
amazing!
an amazing uplifter and guide! the stories are relatable and encouraging! I highly recommend reading!
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- Cliente de Amazon
- 02-05-22
ABSOLUTELY INSANE REAL LIFE NOVEL
Shaahin Cheyenne takes us through his incredible oddisey, since the first idea with no money or knowledge, how he went finding the pieces to build that puzzle named Herbal Ecstasy, how he owned the dangerous market and how he dealt with the top gangsters of LA.
Absolutely catching from the beginning, showing that there are no liabilities such as age, he was still a teenage, knowledge, he knew absolutely nothing about chemistry and what substances and ingredients to use, no distribution for a non existent product and the most used phrase in the world... "I've got no money.."
The product that made millions and global distribution, even the Yakuzas sold his product.
A biography that has everything to be a movie, easily compared to the wolf of wall street and Scarface.
Absolutely insane and inspiring book that shows us that even the most unthinkable business can be made without a single clue.
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- Orlando
- 12-25-21
Great story!
Great story about thinking outside of the box and getting after it!
Definitely worth a listen!
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- Dylan Vanas
- 09-21-22
Crazy Story, Great Lessons
This book is great. I love the way Shaahin described his journey of going through creating a $1B empire.
Every chapter is filled with lessons about business, people, and life. It felt like reading a modern first person perspective version of The Alchemist; where every other line has a valuable lesson to take from it.
Highly recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-23-22
A must read or a must heard!
If you liked wolf of Wall Street and tales of entrepreneurs that rose from nothing, as means or in order to motivate yourself, this book is it!
thank me later.
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- roxyvet
- 12-02-23
Must read
So much to learn from this guy. Unimaginable success. What an amazing life!! Thank you for sharing!!!
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