From Businessweek
Bob Williamson fled a broken home in Mississippi at age 17 to hitchhike around the country. He landed in Atlanta in 1970 at 24, homeless, broke, and addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. When he got a job there cleaning bricks for $15 a week, no one would have guessed that he would start a $26 million software company someday.
Successful businesses often spring from a combination of hard work and dumb luck, and Williamson credits both. Not long after arriving in Atlanta, he was injured in a car wreck and spent months recovering in the hospital. While there, he read the Bible, converted to Christianity, and decided to straighten up his life. It wasn't easy: He had a criminal record, no college degree, and few job prospects.
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I love the last paragraph of your blog where you say “Successful businesses often spring from a combination of hard work and dumb luck, and Williamson credits both.” Truer words were never spoken. While researching on the internet I’ve found a lot of helpful resources about heroin and methamphetamine addiction on www.addictionca.com
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