{"product_id":"the-opportunist-a-memoir-of-sea-sailing-and-the-making-of-a-business-mind-9798197719713","title":"The Opportunist: A memoir of sea, sailing, and the making of a business mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anthony Owen\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Personal Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is engineering away the conditions that produce its most effective people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony Owen spent nearly two years at sea on the HMAV Bounty, fifteen years in offshore yacht racing including the deadly 1998 Sydney to Hobart, and three decades building companies - from the early Australian internet to the ASX to raising capital in Los Angeles. \u003ci\u003eThe Opportunist\u003c\/i\u003e connects those arenas into a single argument: the disposition that built countries and created industries is formed by consequence, not curriculum, and the window to be on the right side of what comes next is closing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a success story polished for a stage. Owen lost a company, backed the wrong people, got things wrong in ways he names directly. The book is an honest account of formation - what pressure, failure, and no clean exit actually produce when you stay in the game long enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunning beneath it all is a bloodline that includes the inventor of the Owen Gun, a Rat of Tobruk, and a travelling salesman from County Antrim who ended up at the table where the Australian Constitution was written. Four generations of the same disposition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003ci\u003eShoe Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBarbarian Days\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Hard Thing About Hard Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889909383319,"sku":"9798197719713","price":1452.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197719713.webp?v=1781178256","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-opportunist-a-memoir-of-sea-sailing-and-the-making-of-a-business-mind-9798197719713","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}