Like many entrepreneurs, Ryan Blair had no formal business education.
But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a nothing
to lose mindset. His middle-class childhood ended abruptly when his
abusive father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned the family.
Blair and his mother moved to a rough neighborhood, and soon he was in
and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his
mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under
his wing. With his mentor's guidance, Blair started his first company,
24/7 Tech, at age twenty-one. He has since created and sold several
companies for hundreds of millions of dollars. This is an inspirational
guide full of powerful stories and lessons and a road map for
entrepreneurial success.