Raising All Boats: My Journey Of American Entrepreneurship [Paperback]

Victor Edozien arrived at New York’s JFK Airport when he was eighteen years old with a hundred dollars in his pocket and one friend in America. Against the odds, the young Nigerian-American would rise from an eager prospective student with no transcripts and no money to a thriving entrepreneur leading companies with combined annual revenues of over $500 million. Faith, hope, and an unshakeable work ethic played key roles in Edozien’s trajectory—and so did the occasional kindness of strangers. Today he repays that benevolence with a greater-good philosophy that honors his uniquely American journey Raising All Boats is the uplifting and patriotic memoir of a self-made businessman with an unwavering commitment to entrepreneurship that puts people over profits.VICTOR EDOZIEN is the managing partner of The Asaba Group and CEO and President of SET Enterprises and AG Manufacturing. Victor is a veteran of the US Army and a Wharton Fellow who holds a BS in electrical engineering, BA in geology, MS in engineering, and an MBA in finance and operations management.INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
Born in the USA
Working Class
Focus on the Mission
Graduation
Working World
Driven
Crisis of Conscience
Asaba
Making the Leap
Looking for the White Space
Tested
Integrity
Innovation
Raising All Boats
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR