Unlabel: Selling You Without Selling Out - Brossura

Ecko, Marc

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1451685319 ISBN 13: 9781451685312

Casa editrice: Atria Books, 2015

Riassunto

"One of the most provocative entrepreneurs of our time, who started Eckåo Unltd out of his parents' garage and turned it into a media empire, Marc Eckåo reveals his formula for building an authentic brand or business. Marc Eckåo began his career by spray-painting t-shirts in the garage of his childhood home in suburban New Jersey. A graffiti artist with no connections and no fashion pedigree, he left the safety net of pharmacy school to start his own company. Armed with only hustle, sweat equity, and creativity, he flipped a $5,000 bag of cash into a global corporation now worth $500 million. Unlabel is a success story, but it's one that shares the bruises, scabs, and gut-wrenching mistakes that every entrepreneur must overcome to succeed. Through his personal prescription for success--the Authenticity Formula--Eckåo recounts his many innovations and misadventures in his journey from misfit kid to the CEO. It wasn't a meteoric rise; in fact, it was a rollercoaster that dipped to the edge of bankruptcy and even to national notoriety, but this is an underdog story we can learn from: Ecko's doubling down on the core principles of the brand and his formula for action over talk are all lessons for today's entrepreneurs. Ecko offers a brash message with his inspirational story: embrace pain, take risks, and be yourself. Unlabel demonstrates that, like or not, you are a brand and it's up you to take control of it and create something authentic. Unlabel is a groundbreaking guide to channeling your creativity, finding the courage to defy convention, and summoning the confidence to act and be competitive in any environment"--

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"I've always believed that students should learn their trade from the masters--but there are times when you can't just follow what's come before. Marc Ecko designed his future while putting his own spin on history. He's fearless, and he built his brand out of his love of art and pop culture, without being seduced by nostalgia. Marc may have been inspired by Star Wars, but he made it his own – and no one has made Star Wars cooler than Ecko. His unique vision became a global force in fashion. For art and execution, this is the text book I wish I could have bought in college." (George Lucas)

“In his role as entrepreneurial guru, Ecko is a sort of anti-Trump, using human frailty instead of unattainable omnificence to educate the next generation of dreamers....A compelling how-to guide...” (Kirkus Reviews)

"It is very rare to read an entire business book from cover to cover like you would a novel, and find within it a story that is so interesting and captivating that it immediately puts perspective on how you channel your own creativity and tell your own story. Unlabel is that book. At a time when every business person and company is forced to hustle and fight to be heard in a competitive world, Unlabel is the story of a man who clawed his way out of a garage and created a multi-million dollar company in the process. It is a success story, to be sure, but it’s one that shares the bruises, scars, and painful mistakes that every entrepreneur and business owner will experience (or some variation of) on the way to becoming his or her own authentic ‘brand.’" (800-CEO-READS)

"Marc is living proof that you can be a marketing and business whiz and still be a true artist." (CNBC)

“Very, very creative. More edge than most." (Russell Simmons)

"Grand harmonic pop-culture convergence. Ecko is at a crossroads. ... The man is trying to step out from behind his rhino." (The New York Times)

"[This] media mogul made millions by leveraging his ability to find the next big thing." (Business Insider)

"Ecko brings a sense of edgy wonder to his work." (Entrepreneur Magazine)

"The merging of different worlds is a recurring theme in Marc Ecko's life and in his work." (ABC Nightline)

"Marc Ecko imposes no limits on himself, or his sources of inspiration." (AskMen.com)

L'autore:

Marc Ecko is an American fashion designer, entrepreneur, and artist. He left the safety of pharmacy school and—armed with only hustle, sweat equity, and creativity—turned $5,000 into a global corporation now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He is the founder of Marc Ecko Enterprises, a fashion and lifestyle company, and the founder and chairman of Complex Media, the world’s leading provider of fashion, entertainment, lifestyle, and product trends to young male tastemakers. Visit him online at BeingMarcEcko.com, Unlabel.me, or on Twitter @MarcEcko.

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• Editore: Atria Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1451685319
• ISBN 13: 9781451685312
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 290