Copy This! Paul Orfalea's inspiring personal stroy of turning lemons into lemonade, may be the most unusual business memoir ever published.

By working with the obstacles life dealt him - he calls his dyslexia and ADHD "learning opportunities" - Paul Orfalea grew a 100-square-foot copy shop named Kinko's into a $1.5 billion-a-year company that Fortune named one of the best places in America to work.

This is the story of a boy who learned the world directly. When Paul Orfalea first looked out on the worried, hopeful faces of his customers, he knew that he was in the problem-solving business - at four cents a page. Kinko's doesn't so much handle paper as it handles dreams.

Paul Orfalea really did do it his way. With humour, wisdom, and compassionm he shares his unvalubable experiences and unorthodox business lessons with the millions of those who are just a bit "different," and who wonder if there's a place for them in the world. There is: at the top.

About author:

In 2000 PAUL ORFALEA retired from his position as chairperson of the company he named in honor of his childhood nickname (he had kinky hair). He frequently teaches at the University of Southern California and talks to educational and business organizations around the country. Both USC and Cal Poly plan to dedicate business schools in the Orfalea name in honor of his ongoing contributions. Through the Orfalea Family Foundation, Mr. Orfalea supports a broad range of educational initiatives. Orfalea is also deelply involved in increasing public awareness of the need for "family-friendly" work/life policies, including flex time and quality early care for children of working parents. He lives with his family in Santa Barbara, California.