Stop and Sell the Roses: Lessons from Business and Life

Jim McCann is the "flower guy," the CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS. He is actually a unique corp. leader who, in less than a decade, took his co. from the verge of bankruptcy to a $300 million business that ranks as the world's largest florist. Here is the amazing story of how he bootstrapped his way to phenomenal bus. success -- and how you can do it too. If you want to make a business take off, you need to base it on relationships -- warm, real, human contact with the people you work with and sell to. Funny, insightful, brimming with McCann's irresistible wit and street-smart wisdom, this is a business book like no other. It will make you laugh as it gives you the tools you need to build your own winning business today.