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Turning A Hobby Into Millions, Philip King, Laurence Weinstein
Turning A Hobby Into Millions, Philip King, Laurence Weinstein
New England Journal of Entrepreneurship
Interview by Laurence Weinstein of Philip King, bookstore entrepreneur in New Zealand.
Before Philip King sold his five bookstores in Christchurch roughly 10 years ago to Whitcoulls, a large Australian-owned bookstore and office supplies operation, he hardly fancied himself as an entrepreneur. Books were his passion: He loved to read. However, his first job was selling barbeque charcoal to New Zealand’s South Island residents.