Slices Of Life

<p><em style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Slices of Life</em><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is about the rise of a small-town boy named Joe who grew up in a loving middle-class family from New England. By overcoming his early obstacles with hard work and natural gifts Joe was awarded an academic scholarship to a prestigious university in California. Stepping out of his comfort zone to move across the country was not easy but Joe knew his future existed beyond the borders of Rhode Island.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>With the goal of becoming a successful entrepreneur like his respected father the story unfolds as Joe starts his first business graduates college in four years and buys out or partners in a handful of thriving businesses in several different industries.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Most books about work or business end here.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Not this one.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>A stunning setback in Joe's life arrived in early 2007 when he began suffering debilitating seizures learned he had developed a brain tumor in one of his frontal lobes and underwent emergency surgery less than five days later.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Fortunately after a lengthy recovery process Joe received a call that changed his life yet again. Partnering with his college friend Jimmy to grow his family food manufacturing business called Venice Bakery the two became pioneers in the gluten-free pizza industry in the 2010s. By growing gluten-free pizza crust from a niche offering into a mainstream phenomenon Joe and Jimmy took the business from a regional food producer to a national category leader. After just seven years at its helm Venice Bakery was acquired with a nine-figure valuation.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>By candidly sharing the many ups and downs he experienced along this hockey stick-shaped growth trajectory Joe inspires young entrepreneurs and provides a rich template for anyone looking to grow a successful enterprise in the twenty-first century.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(50 51 56 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>No obstacle is too impossible to overcome; no setback is forever. Joe shares-with admirable vulnerability and insight-how friendship family trust hard work and a willingness to take a few big slices of life can pay off.</span></p>