Landing on Your Feet: A Story of Business Mistakes, Survival, and Mistakes (Hardcover)

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Kerrison has founded three technology companies that have reached multimillion-dollar levels and earned national recognition, and although his is a rags-to-riches story, it is not your typical "business cookbook," as he likes to refer to the vast majority of business success recipe books out there. This reads more like a novel than a self-help guide; it is a personal story that begins when the author was seven years old and ran his first business, a lemonade stand. He lost his father to cancer while still in his teens, and so it was through great adversity that he managed to go to college and complete a business degree in 1974. Through an association with IBM early in his career, he eventually devised a way to form his own company by selling used IBM machines and software services on the open market. Kerrison pulls no punches in taking the reader through all the inevitable mistakes and meltdowns that occurred along the way. The final section, "The Toolkit," does contain a number of practical sales and management techniques. David Siegfried
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Broadview Press (August 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972856692
• ISBN-13: 978-0972856690
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,866,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid and well writen - a great story and better lesson, May 13, 2008

By	Michael Nolan - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I recently met Mike and was impressed with his dynamic nature. I purchased the book online, and read it on a recent trip.

This book is a great story - starting with his early childhood and progressing quickly to his first year with IBM. In an extremely candid moment, Mike admits to falsifying a sales order to meet a sales contest. His heartfelt account of this mistake, and the lessons he learned are a perfect example of why Mike is such a likable, successful man.

From tragedy was born success - his first company was awarded Inc. Magazines top 100 Fastest growing new companies award. He speaks openly of his success and failures - of trusting the wrong people, and how he survived to start two more companies.

I recommendLanding on Your Feet: A Story of Business Mistakes, Survival, and Mistakes this book highly - a great read.

5.0 out of 5 stars Landing on Your Feet, July 31, 2005

By	S. Hanson "Susan, Business Owner" (St. Paul, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great book. A must read for entrepeneurs along with business owners. Seems impossible one person could make so many mistakes, but ego gets in the way. Humbling experience, but practical information woven with his personal story. The Toolkit is a great review of what's necessary for a successful company. Way to Go, Michael!