How to Succeed in Business Without Being White: Straight Talk on Making It in America – An Inspirational Entrepreneurship Guide for Black Professionals

by Earl G. Graves

African-Americans are entering the business world in unprecedented numbers, and Earl G. Graves serves as their role model and mentor. Graves, one of the most influential and well-known executives in the world, in this timely andimportant book shows how he, the son of a West Indian garment worker, became a multimillionaire entrepreneur, director of several of America's Fortune 500 corporations and a philanthropist. Using his own story (which includes careers in the military, real estate and public service as an assistant to Senator Robert F. Kennedy), and those of dozens of other black men and women who have made it in the business world as examples, Graves offers inspirational and down-to-earth advice to help readers take advantage of opportunities to achieve personal and professional success. From overcoming the challenges blacks confront in getting financing for new ventures to identifying the best dustries and jobs for black job-seekers and cultivating the behaviors needed to make it as an entrepreneur, How to Succeed in Business Without Being White clearly lights the path readers can take to overcome adversity and succeed intoday's largely white business environment.

Genres: Business, Professional Development

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Ted Alling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such an important book. It a great book for anyone early in their career.
I will never forget this Nelson Mandela quote "Until we have a very strong business class, it
is going to be difficult for us to make real progress".

[Ethan Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Contains solid advice on starting and growing a business or career

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good marching orders.

[Adra · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that should be read to inspire not just African American students.

[Lauren C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Must read! Period.