Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire Entrepreneur

Ryan Blair

Aug 2011 · Sold by Penguin

About this ebook

The incredible story of a gang member who became a multimillionaire CEO.

Ryan Blair's middle-class upbringing came to an abrupt end when his father succumbed to drug addiction and abandoned his family. Blair and his mother moved to a dangerous neighborhood, and soon he was in and out of juvenile detention, joining a gang just to survive. Then his mother fell in love with a successful entrepreneur who took Ryan under his wing. With his mentor's help, Blair turned himself into a wildly successful multimillionaire, starting and selling three companies worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

This book will inspire and guide people who are willing to do whatever necessary-hard work, long hours, sweat equity-to take their vision from paper to pavement. Blair gives readers a road map for successful entrepreneurship.

Ratings and reviews

The book has a pretty good flow, but struggles to identify itself as more than a memoir with tips for entrepreneurs scattered here and there. The more I read, I begin to understand that it doesn't really matter. What I was able to pull out of this book was how to tap into that survival gene within each of us and learn to harness it. There are plenty of useful circumstances to learn from, the lessons aren't just spelled out for you like they are in typical business literature. In a way, his kind of writing makes you earn the wisdom. Pay attention and read it twice if you can.

For the last 4 years I have watched Ryan Blair turn a failing company around, learned alot about my own self as a business owner. When his first book Nothing to Lose was published in 2010 before Penguin Books picked it up for a rewrite, the launch was 8-4-11. Now with a paperback 3-26-13 and updated information on his life and the success of ViSalus... if your looking for a real life story that will inspire you and make you cry at the same time.. A must read for anyone!!!!!

Couldn' t force myself to put it down... had me hooked from page one. Incredible insights and a no BS approach to business. Worth the read.

About the author

Ryan Blair is a self-made multimillionaire and serial entrepreneur. He established his first company, 24/7 Tech, when he was twenty-one years old and has since created and actively invested in multiple start-ups. As the CEO of ViSalus, Blair turned the company around during the 2009 recession and, in three years , took it from $600,000 in monthly sales to $600 million in annual sales. He lives in Detroit, with his son, Reagan. 

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