Publisher Description
Gary Erickson is an entrepreneur, athlete, outdoorsman, environmentalist, and the founder of Clif Bar, Inc., producers of a popular organic energy bar. Here he expounds on his business philosophy and how it was affected by his adventures hiking the Himalayas, biking European mountain passes, and climbing the Sierra Nevadas. "I applaud the efforts of Gary and Clif Bar to develop business practices that promote an ethic of global responsibility."-Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Green Cross International
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“If you’re disgruntled with the corruption within corporate America, you will applaud this autobiography. Raising the Bar is an inspiring story which shows that in life, sometimes the guarantee of instant financial wealth is the path not chose. Highly recommended.”
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Chicago Athlete
About the Authors
Gary Erickson is
the founder and owner of Clif Bar Inc., a company that made the Inc. 500, Inc.
magazine’s list of the fastest growing privately held companies four years
running. Clif Bar Inc. remains one of the nation’s fastest-growing private
companies. He has been featured in People, Inc., Health,
Fortune Small Business, the San Francisco Chronicle, Reader’s Digest,
and numerous other publications. He is a frequent speaker in a wide variety of
venues and has won numerous awards. He lives in northern California with his
wife, children, horses, dogs, and bikes.
About Richard Harries
Daniel G. Amen, MD,
is a physician, psychiatrist, teacher, and head of the Amen Clinics. He is the author of more than thirty books, including eight New York Times bestsellers. An internationally
recognized keynote speaker, he has also been the host of several popular public television
specials about the brain. Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world’s largest
brain-imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on applying brain-imaging science to everyday clinical practice.