Note: You can find Part 1 here.

After several other reviews I had to do of “non-business” books, I’ve finally gotten around to letting you know more about this book.

I immediately liked Erik Wesner because I learned how he got his start… as a summer door to door salesperson for the Southwestern Company. They hire summer interns, transplant them someplace far from their home, and send them out to sell 30 homes per day, 80 hours per week, on 100% commission to earn their money for school the next year. It’s a hot house environment that makes or breaks you, but it’s where Erik met his Amish business people first hand during his own entrepreneurial “coming of age” as he sold them a copy of the “Family Bible Library” the company is famous for. (Now they are a diversified company selling much more than books and is completely employee owned).

Finally… a book by a man who knows what it meant (at least for those summers) to live on 100% commission! That alone is an impressive start to the world of “barefoot entrepreneurs” who may look “backward” to you but who may own million dollar businesses!

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