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Never Ride a Rollercoaster Upside Down

By Jeff Smulyan

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Aspiring entrepreneurs, radio and media industry insiders, and avid sports fans alike will appreciate Smulyanโ€™s honesty as he shares the countless lessons heโ€™s learned from decades of entrepreneurship. Smulyan offers readers priceless insight into navigating the twists and turns of growing a business and teaches how to build a culture based on both trust and humorโ€”the essential keys to surviving almost anything.

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ISBN: 9781637742228

Publication Date: December 2022

ISBN: 9781637742235

Publication Date: December 2022

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“A nicely balanced personal and practical book of corporate reflections and hard-won business lessons.” โ€”Kirkus Reviews

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What is itย reallyย like to be an entrepreneur? After nearly fifty years of building a successful media company, founder of American all-sports radio Jeff Smulyan shares with candor and humor just how many bitter failures come with each great victory along the way.

For founder and CEO of Emmis Communications Jeff Smulyan, the path to success has been anything but straightforward. When youโ€™ve owned a Major League Baseball team, started Americaโ€™s first all sports radio station, created the worldโ€™s two largest hip hop radio stations and managed everyone from David Letterman to Ken Griffey Jr. and Don Imus and even been nationalized by an ally of Vladimir Putin, youโ€™ve seen the rollercoaster ride of an entrepreneur from every side.

Aspiring entrepreneurs, radio and media industry insiders, and avid sports fans alike will appreciate Smulyanโ€™s honesty as he shares the countless lessons heโ€™s learned from decades of entrepreneurship. Smulyan offers readers priceless insight into navigating the twists and turns of growing a business and teaches how to build a culture based on both trust and humorโ€”the essential keys to surviving almost anything.

Never Ride a Rollercoasterย Upside Downย details Smulyanโ€™s journey: from taking over his cousinโ€™s failing country music radio station and founding his own company, to purchasing and then selling ownership of the Seattle Mariners and guiding his company through the Golden Age of Radio. Alongside his humorous, eventful, and dramatic stories, Smulyan presents valuable pointers and tipsโ€”for anyone else brave enough to try their own hand at starting a business.

The journey to booming business is a rollercoaster. Learn from someone who has experienced all the ups and downsโ€”and knows that whatโ€™s most important is to hold on while keeping your sense of humor intact.

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About the Author

Jeff  Smulyan

Jeffrey H. Smulyanย serves as founder, CEO, and chairman of the board of Emmis Communications Corporation, an Indianapolis-based publicly traded diversified media company. A cum laude graduate of USC with a BA in history and telecommunications, Jeff earned a JD from the USC Gould School of Law, where he served as note and comment editor of the Southern California Law Review. He has served on the USC Board of Trustees since 2001.

Jeff is a former director of the National Association of Broadcasters, and a member of numerous civic boards and committees. As principal shareholder, he led a group that purchased the Seattle Mariners baseball team in 1989.ย In 1994, Jeff was named by the White House to head the U.S. Delegation to the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunications Union. Smulyan resides in suburban Indianapolis with his wife Heather; he has three childrenโ€”Samantha, Cari, and Bradleyโ€”and two grandchildren.

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Publication Details

Format: Hardcover

ISBN: 9781637742228

Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 1 in.

Publication Date: December 2022

Format: E-book (epub)

ISBN: 9781637742235

Publication Date: December 2022

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