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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Leatherman Book: Stories, Lessons, and Advice from the Inventor of America's Original Multi-Tool

The Leatherman Book: Stories, Lessons, and Advice from the Inventor of America's Original Multi-Tool

Kornelis, Chris
Leatherman, Tim

Hardcover

Business BiographiesBusiness General

Publisher Price: $36.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 6, 2026

ISBN13: 9798217298921
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: Oct 6 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.50
Height: 0.72 Width: 7.38 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
The inventor behind the Leatherman multi-tool and founder of the beloved company presents his inspiring personal story as a practical how-to guide for entrepreneurs, artists, and creatives of all kinds who want to pursue their own big ideas.

On a budget trip to Europe in 1975, Tim Leatherman started making a list of ideas for what to do with the rest of his life. After months of fixing the plumbing in cheap hotels and toiling on his temperamental Fiat, Tim added to his list of ideas: add pliers to pocket knife. Little did he know he would spend the following four decades building an iconic American company that would go on to manufacture more than 90 million multi-tools in its Portland, Oregon, factory.

His latest multi-tool is a book.

In The Leatherman Book, Tim uses the pieces of his story as tools to help dreamers, entrepreneurs and creatives of all kinds build their own big ideas. Each chapter shares valuable insight into how Tim built his invention and his company--and the lessons he's learned doing it--including:

- You don't have to be qualified to pursue your big idea

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