George Foreman’s motivational book on business development is called Knockout Entrepreneur. Foreman and author Ken Abraham use principles from the sport of boxing and anecdotes from Foreman’s business ventures to teach readers a basic recipe for success. Although the ideas are presented well and the principles are good advice, I wouldn’t consider this book to be a recommended resource for someone starting their own business.

Knockout Entrepreneur was hard to relate to because it felt like a 222-page infomercial. I don’t know how many times Mr. Foreman plugged his “Lean, Mean, Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine,” “George Foreman’s Knock-Out Pro Green” cleaners, or other products. This name-dropping brand promotion became tiresome very quickly and detracted from the main points of the book.

George Foreman was able to leverage his boxing fame and fortune to get a running start in the business world. For ordinary men and women, the only way to become your own boss is by starting from scratch. Although he is correct in citing the importance of hard work, Foreman neglects to give practical advice on how to achieve self-employment.

For me, the best part of this book was that fact that it was published as a Nelson Free title. This means that owners of a hard copy of the book have free access to digital formats, as well. Audiobook MP3 files and a variety of ebook formats are available. Using this feature, was able to read most of Knockout Entrepreneur on my new Kindle.

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