Title:
A practical way to get rich . . . and die trying : a memoir about risking it all
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Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
Physical Description:
xvi, 302 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781984881229
Abstract:
At the age of 26, Roa founded a tech-consulting and design firm that he sold for a fortune to the largest tech company in San Francisco, Salesforce. This is the account of his rise from a self-described below-average student, to becoming a poster boy for the ambitious, successful young entrepreneur, to nearly destroying himself in the process. It is meant to serve as a cautionary tale of the toll that entrepreneurship can take on ambitious young people unprepared for the physical and mental costs that "making it" can take. After suffering a psychotic breakdown from which he almost didn't walk away, Roe began to question the ethos that had brought him-- and other entrepreneurs-- to that dark place.
Contents:
Introduction -- The pledge -- The turn -- The prestige -- Afterword.
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Language:
English
