SWEATY EQUITY LAUNCH

 

Mike ShannonMike Shannon   • 1stPremium • 1stCEO at Impruve | Author at 'Sweaty Equity: A Ball Boy, A Billionaire, and the Bonkers Startup Tale You've Never Heard' (July 23 release)CEO at Impruve | Author at 'Sweaty Equity: A Ball Boy, A Billionaire, and the Bonkers Startup Tale You've Never Heard' (July 23 release)

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Today's gratitude goes to this guy, Howard Tullman. AKA "The Wizard" of Chicago Tech.

Howard generously took us under his wing as a team of 23-year-old founders trying to find our way. He got in the trenches with us (you'll see him in action alongside Mark Cuban if you read the chapter called "Cage Match of the Giants") and never pulled any punches.

It's no secret that Howard Tullman is tough, and you'll see that come through in the stories of the book. As such, being around Tullman toughened me up in a variety of necessary ways, showed me an example of a champion at the intersection of Art & Business, and he was instrumental in helping us crack into the arena of entrepreneurship back at 1871.

As an early reader of Sweaty Equity: A Ball Boy, A Billionaire, and the Bonkers Startup Tale You've Never Heard, Howard dove in cover to cover and gave me some of the most detailed, thoughtful notes I'd received in the process of writing.

Now, it's an honor to receive The Wizard's testimonial as a reader. Thanks for this, and for everything, Howard!

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From HAT:

“There’s no shortage of startup stories out there, but very few add actual value in return for the investment of your time. Mike Shannon’s Sweaty Equity, a personal recollection of a rough, but ultimately rewarding journey, doesn’t try to glorify the gauntlet, gild the lily, or please all the participants — it digs into the actual mess, the missed turns, the crucial pivots, and the moments that mattered most to him and to his team. This is a straightforward study of how you assemble a team, hold it together during the toughest of times, and come to understand that you only really become a team when you learn to trust and rely on each other. And it reminds us all that you never know who's going to bring you your future."