How to Be an Overnight Success, Maria Hatzistefanis
How to Be an Overnight Success, Maria Hatzistefanis
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How to Be an Overnight Success

Author: Maria Hatzistefanis

Narrator: Maria Hatzistefanis, Janice Vee

Unabridged: 4 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ebury Digital

Published: 04/12/2018


Synopsis

Random House presents the audiobook edition of How to Be an Overnight Success by Maria Hatzistefanis, read by Janice Vee and with an introduction read by the author.

"You are not born an entrepreneur. It's a skill that you learn along the way."

When the skincare company Rodial launched its cult 'snake' serum, the press quickly called the business an 'overnight success'. However, Rodial's founder Maria Hatzistefanis had been toiling for 18 years, building the company from scratch in her bedroom. Now, the beauty boss sets out to demonstrate in this very accessible book that its success stemmed from sheer hard work, tireless efforts and a lot of patience.

Fashion-loving Maria set out with a dream to build a beauty business and - despite not excelling at school, and being fired from her first job - she has achieved it. She did it by dreaming big, working hard, surrounding herself with the best, taking risks, creating buzz and building her own personal brand, which is now a favourite with high-profile models and media personalities including Poppy Delevingne, Daisy Lowe and Kylie Jenner.

Crucially, she believes anyone can do this and her book, brimming with good sense, great advice, tips and secrets - all presented in an easy, friendly style - shows how.

About Maria Hatzistefanis

London-based beauty entrepreneur Maria Hatzistefanis started her career as a beauty writer before moving to New York where she received an MBA from Columbia Business School. She founded her ground-breaking skincare group, Rodial, in 1999 by identifying a niche for treatments targeted to specific skin concerns, with evocative tongue-in-cheek names such as Snake Serum and Dragon's Blood. Maria now runs two brands-Rodial and Nip + Fab. She has been profiled in Forbes and Vanity Fair, and appeared as a guest on Project Runway.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kristina on March 20, 2021

Good motivation story. It is not something exceptional but it is not boring. The story is interesting, real and close to me.......more

Goodreads review by bibliothekblue on January 12, 2021

Absolutely lacking substance - I have to admit I was expecting a bit more in-depth insights and theories on how to build a successful company since she is a journalism major, worked in finance and has been building her company for the last 2 decades. The good thing is that she tried to break it down......more

Goodreads review by Yasmin on January 15, 2021

This book looks at the journey of Maria Hatzistefanis. Maria owns two big skincare brands Rodial and Nip and Fab. In this book she writes about how she started the brands and what she learnt on her journey of becoming an entrepreneur. Throughout the book she gives advice and tips on how you too can......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on September 30, 2023

The title is catchy and has no doubt sold a lot of books, but it’s certainly misleading. Whilst parts of this book are motivating and feature okay (but not revolutionary) business and entrepreneurial advice, it is a lot more specific to Maria’s journey than I had anticipated. I’m not sure why, and i......more

Goodreads review by Emily on December 24, 2024

2.5/3 stars for some useful advice on business, social media and work ethicist. But it lacked substance and at times I felt I was reading the same things over again. I also didn’t feel I connected with Maria, I felt we were presented a sugar-coated version of her life and business which made the pro......more