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1 online resource (272 pages) |
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Summary |
An entrepreneur's rags-to-riches story reveals that sometimes not knowing where you're going is the best way to get there ... A first-generation Chinese-American, Gary Fong was raised in one of Los Angeles' least-desirable neighborhoods and was forced to deal -- in his own quirky and often very funny way -- with the burdens of poverty, crime, and his parents' relentless aspirations. Spotting a bumper sticker one day that read "Since I gave up hope, I feel much better," Gary promptly did just that. As a would-be slacker (who really, really didn't want to become a doctor), he somehow wound up revolutionizing wedding photography and inventing popular new equipment for photographers. At turns hilarious, insightful, and instructive, The Accidental Millionaire is a memoir that turns the traditional self-help principles upside down, rejecting the goal-oriented approaches and showing us how Gary Fong stopped trying -- and started succeeding. |
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Print version record. |
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Fong, Gary.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
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Success in business.
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Photographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.
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Entrepreneurship -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Fong, Gary. Accidental millionaire. Dallas, Tex. : Benbella : Distributed by Perseus Distribution, c2009. 9781933771960 (DLC)2011285019 |
Standard No. |
9781935251873 |
ISBN |
9781935251873 (epub) |
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