WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, Oct. 21, 2011) - Kevin O'Leary, a celebrity on CBC's Dragons' Den, will share key secrets on entrepreneurship when talking about his new book at an event hosted by the University of Waterloo bookstore on Monday, Oct. 24.
The book, entitled Cold Hard Truth, is both a personal story - success against the odds - and a practical business book. It features quizzes, questionnaires and lists designed to help average businesspersons hone their entrepreneurial and financial instincts.
"Kevin will tell us that if you want to be a successful entrepreneur and amass wealth, you’re going to have to work for it," said May Yan, director of the Waterloo bookstore. "But the good news is that with the right guidance and focus, you can turn entrepreneurial vision into lucrative reality."
O’Leary, a Waterloo alumnus, is the co–star of CBC’s Dragons' Den and The Lang & O'Leary Exchange, as well as Shark Tank on ABC in the United States.
He is a founding investor and director of Stream Global, an international business outsourcing company. He sits on the investment committee of Boston's 200-year-old Hamilton Trust and is the chairman of O’Leary Funds. He also serves on the executive board of The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.
The meet-the-author event begins at 7 p.m. in the Humanities Theatre, located in the J. G Hagey Hall of the Humanities. To attend, please register at www.bookstore.uwaterloo.ca/author_events.html.
Image: Kevin O'Leary, celebrity, CBC's Dragons' Den.
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John Morris, Waterloo media relations, 519-888-4435 or john.morris@uwaterloo.ca
Waterloo news release no. 59
