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Pocket Man: The Unauthorized Autobiography of a Passionate, Personal Promoter
by
Scott Jordan
,
Thom O'Leary
Imagine Bill Gates and Giorgio Armani started a business, then hired PT Barnum to promote it, and Larry David to tell the story. The result is this book.
Since starting SCOTTeVEST in 2000 - my clothing business built around tech-enabled pockets - I’ve been featured in thousands of major press pieces, made millions of dollars and had the most memorable appearance of the ent ...more
Since starting SCOTTeVEST in 2000 - my clothing business built around tech-enabled pockets - I’ve been featured in thousands of major press pieces, made millions of dollars and had the most memorable appearance of the ent ...more
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4.5 stars
Wow, I feel like a need to sit down after reading this. This guy has energy plus and he twirls and whirls us around in his wake to see the amazing things he has accomplished. He has done well, knows how to build a brand and wants to share his knowledge. No, it is not an easy path to success guide, you have to work and work hard if you want it. He boasts, well deserved, and directs the reader along is path and what he learned along the way. I found if fascinating, fun and wildly inspirat ...more
Wow, I feel like a need to sit down after reading this. This guy has energy plus and he twirls and whirls us around in his wake to see the amazing things he has accomplished. He has done well, knows how to build a brand and wants to share his knowledge. No, it is not an easy path to success guide, you have to work and work hard if you want it. He boasts, well deserved, and directs the reader along is path and what he learned along the way. I found if fascinating, fun and wildly inspirat ...more
First off I should say that this is the first time I've ever read anything like this – a book based on the author's background, his business and business advice. But boy did I have fun reading it! I was blown away by Scott Jordan's utter enthusiasm – in fact I think it rubbed off on me a little bit.
I'll come clean and admit the main reason for reading Pocket Man is because I'm trying to learn how to promote myself and my business (I'm an author in case you didn't realise by now). Marketing is s ...more
I'll come clean and admit the main reason for reading Pocket Man is because I'm trying to learn how to promote myself and my business (I'm an author in case you didn't realise by now). Marketing is s ...more
Scott Jordan has been a success (from what I can tell). He would also be an ADD poster child. He is moving 100 miles an hour all over the place. Yes, there is some interesting stuff here but there are some gaping holes as well. Just a little more personal touch here would have gone a long way. By that I mean more insight into his life, his wife, how he dealt with the world outside of his wonderful ascent and the bumps and bruises he got along the way to this "exalted" place where he is today. A
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This is not a typical business book nor a memoir of sort that you can find elsewhere. This is fun, engaging, intuitive, controversial, and intellectually stimulating for me. Others may not find the book the same way I do. They may hate the author because of his being a "shameless personal promoter" up to the extent that they may bad mouth him to others in different forms and venue.
Despite many criticism about the man behind this book, Scott Jordan's experiences are great sources of inspiration. ...more
Despite many criticism about the man behind this book, Scott Jordan's experiences are great sources of inspiration. ...more
A fairly immodest, openly bragging, self-confident book from a man who had a vision and has pushed this vision from concept to reality. It might be a book you either love or hate, yet the author surely deserves the right to toot his own horn a little…?
This is the story about Scott Jordan and how he made the idea of a multi-pocketed gadget vest or jacket into a multi-million dollar business. It is a fairly lightweight, gripping and endearing read. This could easily be one of those things you read ...more
This is the story about Scott Jordan and how he made the idea of a multi-pocketed gadget vest or jacket into a multi-million dollar business. It is a fairly lightweight, gripping and endearing read. This could easily be one of those things you read ...more
Author Scott Jordan is the entreprenuer who, with his wife Laura, formed the company SCOTTeVEST, selling vests and jackets with many pockets to hold electronic gadgets and openings for cords to go from pocket to pocket. Jordan is an unapologetic self-promoter for his company and for himself, and it has paid off. He has sold millions of his products to travelors, sports figures, movie stars and others. In Pocket Man, Jordan tells the story of how he got his company off the ground, the ups and dow
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Feb 17, 2015
Susan Kaplan
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2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
NO ONE
Recommended to Susan by:
Received from NetGalley
Shelves:
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non-fiction-biography-and-memoirs
Scott Jordan, the inventor of the ScottEVest , is the victim of his own shameless self-promotion and self-aggrandizing (those terms might be synonymous, but worth repeating because that's what his book is - repetitious pseudo advice for would-be entrepreneurs) in this autobiography. How an autobiography can be unauthorized is beyond me, as the far from humble person Jordan describes actually wrote this book so it is authorized by him by default. I think he considers himself as brilliant as the l
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Feb 15, 2015
Meg-Anne
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I just received an email from Netgalley about this book and I had to laugh when I read the description. Especially the phrase "unauthorized autobiography".
I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review. It was a very well written book, taking the reader on the journey Scott Jordan had while forming his business "ScotteVest". I had never heard of the company before & looked it up. The clothes look interesting! An easy read, good for anyone looking to start their own business.
Interesting perspective on running your own business with funny stories and lots of self promotion, which is what the book is all about. If you like the company's products (I really do), it's compelling to read how it all got started.
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