How I Squandered a $1,000,000 Education

Max Stein was born in Massachusetts and drank and gambled his way through Phillips Andover Academy, Harvard, Stanford Law School and Stanford Business School. He left law and business jobs with Manatt Phelps Rothenberg & Tunney and Bain & Company to start several failed entrepreneurial ventures. He has bought three companies, sunk two of them and the third one is circling the drain. He lives in California with his wife and two sons. Now that he is in his 50s and almost broke, what should he do next?

Follow Max as he spends his life going to Red Sox games, casinos, the dog track and poker games while putting as little effort as possible into his education and career. Read what goes on at some of America's finest academic institutions and corporations, and learn about the challenges of operating a small business venture.