{"product_id":"sweaty-equity-a-ball-boy-a-billionaire-and-the-bonkers-startup-tale-youve-never-heard-paperback","title":"Sweaty Equity: A Ball Boy, A Billionaire, and the Bonkers Startup Tale You've Never Heard - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMike Shannon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a Friday night in the Spring of 2014, 8 million people watched a pair of fresh college grads, Mike Shannon \u0026amp; Kasey Gandham, shake hands with billionaire Mark Cuban at the height of Shark Tank's popularity. The next day, Mike was back in the locker room of the Chicago Bulls, pulling a load of towels out of the laundry machine. His once-secretive double life was unraveling fast. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTech entrepreneur by day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNBA ball boy by night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat came next was glitz and glamor: Press. Praise. Awards. A private meeting inside of an NBA front office. The cover photo of a prominent magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat nobody saw coming was the crash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat nobody wanted to bet on was the rebound.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Shark Tank deal famously pitted Mark Cuban and other tech titans against the top brass of America's powerhouse textbook publishers in a rally to disrupt inflationary textbook prices. To the outside eye, the company was soaring. Behind the scenes, the walls were caving in, and the funding was running dry. All while the compounding mental weight of losing other people's money pressed down on the young founders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten through ruthlessly self-deprecating humor \u0026amp; wit, fast paced dialogue-rich storytelling, and a shocking degree of transparency into everything from NBA locker room mischief, to vulnerable midnight founder journals, to high stakes board room turmoil, \u003cem\u003eSweaty Equity\u003c\/em\u003e is a first of its kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou won't want to put it down.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964795584813,"sku":"9798998892004","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/sweaty-equity-a-ball-boy-a-billionaire-and-the-bonkers-startup-tale-youve-never-heard-paperback-1391802.webp?v=1775470206","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sweaty-equity-a-ball-boy-a-billionaire-and-the-bonkers-startup-tale-youve-never-heard-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}