About The Author
Bob Reiss grew up in Brooklyn and attended the New York City public schools. He is a graduate of Columbia University (where he played on an undefeated basketball team). He is a U.S. Army veteran, and a Harvard Business School graduate. He has been involved in 16 start-ups and is the founder of a number of highly successful companies, including Reiss Games, R&R, and Valdawn, a division of R&R. R&R/Valdawn was named to the Inc. 500 list of America’s fastest-growing companies for three years in a row.
He has been the subject of two Harvard Business School cases—taught at more than 50 institutions around the world—and has been a guest speaker in entrepreneurship classes at the undergraduate, graduate, and executive levels both nationally and internationally.
His other book is Low Risk High Reward. He is married to an entrepreneur and has five daughters.
Watch the Harvard Business School Interview with Bob Reiss. The interview is from an archive that captures insights from the leading members of the school's entrepreneurial community.
Entrepeneurs speak on a common set of themes including their development as entrepreneurs, strategies for identifying opportunity, and leadership.
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