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This book is for every person who believes they can start their own business -- or improve the company they work for: You can do it regardless of your age, level of education, or whether your resources are ample or modest. Just keep it simple, admit your own weaknesses, be willing to work long hours, never quit, and learn something from everyone you meet. And remember ... karma will get you if you don't make good ethics part of everything you do.

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SCOTT RILEY has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a groundbreaking entrepreneur - spanning television and broadcast management, advertising, development of the Real Estate Channel in the early days of cable television, becoming one of the founders of the GTE St. Petersburg Grand Prix, co-founding the Parker Communications Network, Inc. and In Store Media, and finally becoming part of the majority ownership group of alcohol industry giant Fintech in 1996 and then CEO in 2005. Riley was named Entrepreneur of the Year for the entire State of Florida by Ernst & Young and Outstanding Leader of the Year by the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. Scott serves on numerous community, economic, educational, and charitable boards, including the Riley Education Foundation, which supports organizations that provide special needs family scholarships to private schools. Dave Scheiber is a national award-winning journalist and author. His previous books include Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob with former elite NBA referee Bob Delaney; Surviving the Shadows: A Journey of Hope Into Post-Traumatic Stress, also with Delaney; Position to Win: A Look at Baseball and Life from the Best Seat in the House (with Tampa Bay Rays broadcaster Dewayne Staats); To Be Frank: Building the American Dream in Business and Life (with philanthropist Frank Morsani); and Voice of Business: The Man Who Transformed the United States Chamber of Commerce (with Dr. Richard Lesher). A member of a St. Petersburg Times investigative team nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, Dave has also authored stories that have appeared in publications from Sports Illustrated to the Washington Post to Fox Sports.

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