Let My People Go Surfing

Name: Let My People Go Surfing
Author: Yvon Chouinard

The Education of a Reluctant Businessman - Including 10 More Years of Business as Usual

Specificaties

Paperback, 272 blz. | Engels

Penguin Putnam Inc. US | 2016

ISBN13: 9780143109679

Rubricering

Penguin Putnam Inc. US e druk, 2016 9780143109679

26,85

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Samenvatting

In this newly revised 10th anniversary edition, Yvon Chouinard-legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc.-shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth.

From his youth as the son of a French Canadian handyman to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment, Let My People Go Surfing is the story of a man who brought doing good and having grand adventures into the heart of his business life-a book that will deeply affect entrepreneurs and outdoor enthusiasts alike.

"This is the story of an attempt to do more than change a single corporation-it is an attempt to challenge the culture of consumption that is at the heart of the global ecological crisis."-From the Foreword by Naomi Klein, bestselling author of This Changes Everything