A Practical Way to Get Rich . . . and Die Trying: A Memoir About Risking It All

A scathingly honest memoir of entrepreneurship's dark reality...

I would advise every entrepreneur--or anyone who dreams of becoming one--to read this book.--Eric Schurenberg - CEO, Fast Company and Inc.A young tech entrepreneur's memoir of building his hugely successful company and the mental and physical price he paid for itAt the age of twenty-six, John Roa was an aspiring but struggling entrepreneur.

He was broke, racking up debt, and ready to give up on his dream of being self-made.

In a final effort, he founded the design firm ÄKTA, which quickly became one of the fastest growing startups in America, and just five years later, he sold it for a fortune to Salesforce, the largest company in San Francisco.

This is his account of rising from a self-described below-average student to becoming a poster boy for the successful young entrepreneur, while nearly destroying himself in the process.