- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Capstone (29 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906465258
- ISBN-13: 978-1906465254
- Product Dimensions: 15.6 x 1.7 x 23.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 585,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Hilarious, Heart–warming foray into porn." (Scarlet, October)
"...excellent book for business beginners...written in a fresh, breezy style" (Erotic Review, September)
"With its saucy matter, colourful cast and cheeky tone, it′s easy to forget that his is a business book. What makes it genuinely interesting is that it′s a business book all about failure." (Daily Mail, September 26, 2008)
"Honest and amusing...inspiring in a refreshingly personal way...This book is perfect for anyone starting up a business" (Start Your Business, October, 2008)
"...the tale of [a] shipping nagnate who brought The Erotic Review...and ammusinglt failed to make a living out of it." (The Independent, October 10, 2008)
"Hilarious, Heart–warming foray into porn." (Scarlet, October 2008)
"...excellent book for business beginners...written in a fresh, breezy style" (Erotic Review, September 2008)
"With its saucy matter, colourful cast and cheeky tone, it′s easy to forget that his is a business book. What makes it genuinely interesting is that it′s a business book all about failure." (Daily Mail, September 26, 2008)
"Honest and amusing...inspiring in a refreshingly personal way...This book is perfect for anyone starting up a business" (Start Your Business, October, 2008)
"...the tale of [a] shipping nagnate who brought The Erotic Review...and ammusinglt failed to make a living out of it." (The Independent, October 10, 2008)
"Griffith′s brazen and jovial attitude to business failure is refreshing and many of us could learn a thing or two from it." (EN Magazine, November 2008)
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Gavin Griffiths was a fairly straight–laced, newlywed shipping executive when he bought a magazine called The Erotic Review for #1 – not just one copy, the whole business! Little did he know it would soon become the darling of the chattering classes, and a case study in heroic failure. More in the tradition of Tony Young (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People) than Felix Dennis (How to be Rich), in this highly entertaining memoir readers discover just why only one in ten new businesses make it, and what happens to the other nine.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A business book you can't put down,
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This review is from: The Accidental Pornographer: A Story About Having a Go - And Succeeding... in Failing (Paperback)
I was a bit sceptical at first to read a book about a failed entrepreneur, being an entrepreneur myself, but found Gavin's story not one about failure but about believing in your ability to succeed. Extremely well written, you feel a kinship with all the real characters who gave their all to try and do the best for a project they all believed in. A book you can't put down and an inspiration to any entrepreneur out there that if at first you don't suceed ....
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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My favourite ever book,
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This review is from: The Accidental Pornographer: A Story About Having a Go - And Succeeding... in Failing (Paperback)
This was the best book I have ever read. This was educational, funny, startling and an extremely easy read. I read books when on the bus to and from work each morning and found myself praying that we'd get stuck in traffic. I couldn't put it down.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Some accident,
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This review is from: The Accidental Pornographer: A Story About Having a Go - And Succeeding... in Failing (Paperback)
Nobody sets out to fail. Everyone setting out on their own takes courage from those self-made millionaires who've started with nothing and ended up wealthy beyond counting. Even those who've not read the biographies take heart from BBC TV's Fools and Horses' Del Boy who constantly reminds his audience that "this time next year we'll all be millionaires".So it is totally refreshing to read how Gavin set up his stall to succeed and did everything but. Who else but someone starting out on a career in shipping would give it all up to write fictional biographies for a website called "PoshTotty"? This book is Gavin's lifetime compressed into the two years he was Managing Director of The Erotic Review Magazine. What a life! If there's any justice, fame and fortune should follow this piece of open hearted frankness. If Carlsburg did books, this'd be one of them.
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