Title | Houstonian, 2010 |
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Date | 2010 |
Description | This edition of the Houstonian, published by the students of the university in 2010, is the official yearbook of the University of Houston. |
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Language | English |
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Original Item Location | LD2281.H745 H6 2009/10 |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b1158762~S11 |
Digital Collection | Houstonian Yearbook Collection |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/yearb |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | In Copyright |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Spring |
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Transcript | APR20 10 Known chiefly for his boxing titles and his eponymous grill, George Foreman offers business students golden advice from his book 'Knockout Entrepreneur' on April 7 at the University Center, Houston Room. | Newton Liu "I was actually living in poverty and the only way I could get out was to make a lot of money-not a little but a lot of money- and that's when the entrepreneurial [spirit] jolted me. Right then, I knew I would have to go into business ... and that little card, would be my key," ~m -George Foreman, two-time World Boxing Champion BOXING CHAMP SHARES HIS STORY For former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Olympic gold medalist George Foreman getting to the top was not an easy task. His roots based in a poverty and crime-stricken Houston neighborhood, Foreman said he faced challenges very early in life but that adversity, coupled with his entrepreneurial mindset and unwavering perseverance, was what allowed him to reach unprecedented heights as a professional athlete time and again. At the fifth annual Veterans Entrepreneurship Seminar, Foreman offered UH's would-be entrepreneurs many nuggets from latest book Knockout Entrepreneur, a chronicle of his rise to the top of the boxing world and his subsequent success in the business realm. 130 ■ Spring |