Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown's Investing and Life Strategies
Beating the Odds: Eddie Brown's Investing and Life Strategies
Overview
BEATING the ODDS Eddie Brown's Investing and Life StrategiesEddie Brown was born with an exceptional mind, into a loving and supportive family. From an early age, his doting caregivers instilled in him a love of learning, a spirit of self-reliance, the drive to excel at whatever he turned his hand to, and the self-confidence to back it up. Except for the fact that he was born poor and black to an unwed mother—who was, at thirteen, a child herself—in the rural South during the Jim Crow era, Eddie Brown had everything a baby starting out in life could ever want.As heirs to three centuries of institutionalized racism, segregation, and poverty, the best most African-American children born in 1940 could look forward to was a few decades of sub-standard wages for performing backbreaking labor, and a significantly shorter than average life expectancy. Yet Eddie Brown has achieved more in his seventy years than most people dare dream of. In this unforgettable memoir, Eddie tells how he beat the overwhelming odds stacked against him to become one of the nation's most revered financial superstars.A story with as many surprising turns as a Dickens novel,Beating the Oddsrecounts in vivid detail how a twelve-year-old moonshine runner, plying the back roads of Central Florida in a souped-up Ford pickup, went on to become an electrical engineer and highly regarded IBM technocrat, a vice president and star portfolio manager with T. Rowe Price, a media celebrity, and finally head of Brown Capital Management, one of the most successful financial services firms in the United States.You'll learn how after leaving T. Rowe Price in 1983, Brown began his company out of a home office, and how over the next two decades he built it into a financial giant that has amassed more than $6 billion.You'll also discover the source of Eddie Brown's uncanny ability to spot growth stocks well in advance of the markets, and the development of GARP (growth at a reasonable price), the guiding investment philosophy behind Brown Capital Management.Among the fascinating cast of characters you'll meet inBeating the Oddsare Eddie's beloved grandmother, Mamie Magdalene Brown, whose unwavering belief in her grandson's potential for greatness gave him the confidence to do great things. There's Ed's charismatic Uncle Jake, a natural-born entrepreneur with his hand in everything from moonshining to migrant-labor contracting, who taught the young Eddie Carl the value of personal initiative and imbued him with a dogged desire to become the master of his own financial destiny. And there's the colorful financial commentator Louis Rukeyser, on whose show, Wall $treet Week, Eddie rose to prominence as the country's first African-American financial celebrity.The remarkable true story of how one man overcame poverty to attain the pinnacle of business success,Beating the Oddsis inspiring reading not just for business readers, but for everyone who believes that a person's ambition should always be as big as his or her dreams.Description
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Overview
BEATING the ODDS Eddie Brown's Investing and Life StrategiesEddie Brown was born with an exceptional mind, into a loving and supportive family. From an early age, his doting caregivers instilled in him a love of learning, a spirit of self-reliance, the drive to excel at whatever he turned his hand to, and the self-confidence to back it up. Except for the fact that he was born poor and black to an unwed mother—who was, at thirteen, a child herself—in the rural South during the Jim Crow era, Eddie Brown had everything a baby starting out in life could ever want.As heirs to three centuries of institutionalized racism, segregation, and poverty, the best most African-American children born in 1940 could look forward to was a few decades of sub-standard wages for performing backbreaking labor, and a significantly shorter than average life expectancy. Yet Eddie Brown has achieved more in his seventy years than most people dare dream of. In this unforgettable memoir, Eddie tells how he beat the overwhelming odds stacked against him to become one of the nation's most revered financial superstars.A story with as many surprising turns as a Dickens novel,Beating the Oddsrecounts in vivid detail how a twelve-year-old moonshine runner, plying the back roads of Central Florida in a souped-up Ford pickup, went on to become an electrical engineer and highly regarded IBM technocrat, a vice president and star portfolio manager with T. Rowe Price, a media celebrity, and finally head of Brown Capital Management, one of the most successful financial services firms in the United States.You'll learn how after leaving T. Rowe Price in 1983, Brown began his company out of a home office, and how over the next two decades he built it into a financial giant that has amassed more than $6 billion.You'll also discover the source of Eddie Brown's uncanny ability to spot growth stocks well in advance of the markets, and the development of GARP (growth at a reasonable price), the guiding investment philosophy behind Brown Capital Management.Among the fascinating cast of characters you'll meet inBeating the Oddsare Eddie's beloved grandmother, Mamie Magdalene Brown, whose unwavering belief in her grandson's potential for greatness gave him the confidence to do great things. There's Ed's charismatic Uncle Jake, a natural-born entrepreneur with his hand in everything from moonshining to migrant-labor contracting, who taught the young Eddie Carl the value of personal initiative and imbued him with a dogged desire to become the master of his own financial destiny. And there's the colorful financial commentator Louis Rukeyser, on whose show, Wall $treet Week, Eddie rose to prominence as the country's first African-American financial celebrity.The remarkable true story of how one man overcame poverty to attain the pinnacle of business success,Beating the Oddsis inspiring reading not just for business readers, but for everyone who believes that a person's ambition should always be as big as his or her dreams.Description
Condition Guidelines
Books - New and Used
The following guidelines apply to books:
- New: A brand-new copy with cover and original protective wrapping intact. Books with markings of any kind on the cover or pages, books marked as "Bargain" or "Remainder," or with any other labels attached, may not be listed as New condition.
- Used - Good: All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May include "From the library of" labels. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Item may be missing bundled media.
- Used - Acceptable: All pages and the cover are intact, but shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may include limited notes, highlighting, or minor water damage but the text is readable. Item may but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting, but the text cannot be obscured or unreadable.
Note: Some electronic material access codes are valid only for one user. For this reason, used books, including books listed in the Used – Like New condition, may not come with functional electronic material access codes.
Shipping & Delivery
Shipping Fees
- Stevens Books offers FREE SHIPPING everywhere in the United States for ALL non-book orders, and $3.99 for each book.
- Packages are shipped from Monday to Friday.
- No additional fees and charges.
Delivery Times
The usual time for processing an order is 24 hours (1 business day), but may vary depending on the availability of products ordered. This period excludes delivery times, which depend on your geographic location.
Estimated delivery times:
- Standard Shipping: 5-8 business days
- Expedited Shipping: 3-5 business days
Shipping method varies depending on what is being shipped.
Tracking
All orders are shipped with a tracking number. Once your order has left our warehouse, a confirmation e-mail with a tracking number will be sent to you. You will be able to track your package at all times.
Damaged Parcel
If your package has been delivered in a PO Box, please note that we are not responsible for any damage that may result (consequences of extreme temperatures, theft, etc.).
If you have any questions regarding shipping or want to know about the status of an order, please contact us or email to support@stevensbooks.com.
Returns & Refunds
You may return most items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund.
To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. It must also be in the original packaging.
Several types of goods are exempt from being returned. Perishable goods such as food, flowers, newspapers or magazines cannot be returned. We also do not accept products that are intimate or sanitary goods, hazardous materials, or flammable liquids or gases.
Additional non-returnable items:
- Gift cards
- Downloadable software products
- Some health and personal care items
To complete your return, we require a tracking number, which shows the items which you already returned to us.
There are certain situations where only partial refunds are granted (if applicable)
- Book with obvious signs of use
- CD, DVD, VHS tape, software, video game, cassette tape, or vinyl record that has been opened
- Any item not in its original condition, is damaged or missing parts for reasons not due to our error
- Any item that is returned more than 30 days after delivery
Items returned to us as a result of our error will receive a full refund,some returns may be subject to a restocking fee of 7% of the total item price, please contact a customer care team member to see if your return is subject. Returns that arrived on time and were as described are subject to a restocking fee.
Items returned to us that were not the result of our error, including items returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address, will be refunded the original item price less our standard restocking fees.
If the item is returned to us for any of the following reasons, a 15% restocking fee will be applied to your refund total and you will be asked to pay for return shipping:
- Item(s) no longer needed or wanted.
- Item(s) returned to us due to an invalid or incomplete address.
- Item(s) returned to us that were not a result of our error.
You should expect to receive your refund within four weeks of giving your package to the return shipper, however, in many cases you will receive a refund more quickly. This time period includes the transit time for us to receive your return from the shipper (5 to 10 business days), the time it takes us to process your return once we receive it (3 to 5 business days), and the time it takes your bank to process our refund request (5 to 10 business days).
If you need to return an item, please Contact Us with your order number and details about the product you would like to return. We will respond quickly with instructions for how to return items from your order.
Shipping Cost
We'll pay the return shipping costs if the return is a result of our error (you received an incorrect or defective item, etc.). In other cases, you will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are non-refundable. If you receive a refund, the cost of return shipping will be deducted from your refund.
Depending on where you live, the time it may take for your exchanged product to reach you, may vary.
If you are shipping an item over $75, you should consider using a trackable shipping service or purchasing shipping insurance. We don’t guarantee that we will receive your returned item.
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