Böcker av Larry Miller

One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike's Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business.Jump tells Larry Miller's journey from the violent streets of West Philly in the 1960s to the highest echelons of American sports and industry. Miller wound up in jail more than once, especially as a teenager. But he immersed himself in the educational opportunities, eventually took advantage of a Pennsylvania state education-release program offered to incarcerated people, and was able to graduate with honors from Temple University.When revealing his gangland past caused him to lose his first major job opportunity, Miller vowed to keep it a secret. He climbed the corporate ladder with a number of companies such as Kraft Foods, Campbell's Soup, and Jantzen, until Nike hired him to run its domestic apparel operations. Around the time of Michael Jordan's basketball retirement, Nike Chairman Phil Knight made Larry Miller president of the newly formed Jordan Brand. In 2007 Paul Allen convinced Miller to jump to the NBA to become president of the Portland Trailblazers, one of the first African-Americans to lead a professional sports team, before returning to Jordan Brand in 2012.All along, Miller lived two lives: the secret of his violent past haunted him, invading his days with migraines and his sleep with nightmares of getting hauled back to jail. More than a rags-to-riches story, Jump is also a passionate appeal for criminal justice reform and expanded educational opportunities for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people across the United States. Drawing on his powerful personal story, as well as his vast and well-connected network, Miller plans to use Jump as a launching point to help expand such opportunities and to provide an aspirational journey for those who need hope.

In Men of the Bible, part of the educational and inspirational Smart Guide to the Bible series, Larry Miller guides you through the struggles and temptations of men in the Bible and helps you discover the blessings and strength of being a man of God today.

The Premise of Going All the Way with Love is that our primary purpose here on earth is to develop our potential to love to the fullest extent possible and that becoming more loving is the shortest and easiest path to personal transformation, as well as to the collective salvation of humanity. According to the author, "Each of us is capable of a higher order of love - a love that is truer, deeper, and more all-encompassing than the love that we now experience and express," and he provides insights into the nature and power of love that will, hopefully, inspire the reader to "go all the way" in becoming a wholly loving person.