The Ride of a Lifetime, Paul Teutul
The Ride of a Lifetime, Paul Teutul
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The Ride of a Lifetime
Doing Business the Orange County Choppers Way

Author: Paul Teutul

Narrator: Walter Dixon

Unabridged: 4 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/02/2009


Synopsis

Since founding Orange County Choppers in Upstate New York in 1999, Teutul has grown the business from a hobby into a 70-person-plus operation that produces and sells 150 custom bikes a year at retail prices starting at $30,000 and quickly escalating to six figures. Teutul and his team not only sell their choppers from their world headquarters in Newburgh, New York, but throughout a multicountry dealership network in the US and abroad. Paul and his sons build the best one-of-a-kind choppers in the world with unrivaled passion, creativity, and honesty.

In The Ride of a Lifetime, Teutul elucidates the business principles that have made Orange County Choppers a household name. His smart commonsense business wisdom works for businesses both big and small in any industry. Here, listeners will learn firsthand how Teutul built a uniquely successful business by working hard and demanding it from others; encouraging and embracing unfettered creativity; establishing well-defined roles for every team member and demanding they support each other; and using honest conflict and confrontation to solve problems and constantly innovate. The Ride of a Lifetime is a smart, tough-as-nails guide to business success that every entrepreneur should hear. Do what you love. Work hard at it. And never give up. Running a business isn't easy, but it IS The Ride of a Lifetime.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adriyana on March 11, 2021

Simple quick book of how the guy build “American Chopper” bikes. He gives the typical business advice of stick to your principles and commitments, put a lot of work, hire well, treat people well and give back. I didn’t learn anything new nor the book was so exciting to me. I didn’t know mich before......more

Goodreads review by Chase on February 26, 2022

Insightful and informative, shows his path to success through hardwork before he was ever on TV.......more

Goodreads review by Amroj on November 01, 2021

This book is a perfect example of NOT preaching what one is teaching. After looking at how the authors life turned out, not very motivated with the book.......more

Goodreads review by Justin on August 06, 2011

At first i wasn't sure what exactly to think of this book, even though the book was about 1 of my favorite TV families...The Teutul's from Orange County, New York. I did however know that this would be a worth while read considering how into bikes i am. At first it sorta seems like its a blueprint/r......more