What Spins the Wheel : Leadership Lessons From Our Race for Hope

Len Forkas

ISBN 10: 0996096906 / ISBN 13: 9780996096904

Published by Hopecam Publishing, Reston, Virginia, 2014

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Hopecam Publishing, May 2014. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Inscribed by author, otherwise pristine inside and out. Not from a library. No remainder mark. xiv+262 pages. When entrepreneur Len Forkas learned that his nine-year-old son had leukemia, his own life changed forever. In 2003, Len founded Hopecam, a nonprofit that uses technology to connect young cancer patients with their friends at school. Ten years later, Len's fight against childhood cancer rose to a new level. He qualified as a solo competitor in Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle race that traverses scorching deserts and 11,000-foot mountain elevations. As Len fought to finish the race is just 12 days, an all-volunteer crew supported him around the clock. What Spins the Wheel is a true story about fatherhood and fortitude, business grit and growth - and the power of combining the right mission with the right team to help others.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What Spins the Wheel : Leadership Lessons From Our Race for Hope
• Publisher: Hopecam Publishing, Reston, Virginia
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996096906
• ISBN 13: 9780996096904
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

When entrepreneur Len Forkas learned that his nine-year-old son had leukemia, his own life changed forever. In 2003, Len founded Hopecam, a nonprofit that uses technology to connect young cancer patients with their friends at school. Ten years later, Len’s fight against childhood cancer rose to a new level. He qualified as a solo competitor in Race Across America, a 3,000-mile bicycle race that traverses scorching deserts and 11,000-foot mountain elevations. As Len fought to finish the race is just 12 days, an all-volunteer crew supported him around the clock. What Spins the Wheel is a true story about fatherhood and fortitude, business grit and growth – and the power of combining the right mission with the right team to help others.

About the Author

Len Forkas is the founder of Milestone Communications, a Reston, Virginia-based company that owns and develops wireless towers in the mid-Atlantic region. Before forming Milestone in 2000, Len spent 15 years in the commercial real estate industry and held management positions at Bank of America, Weyerhaeuser Real Estate, and Oxford Development Company. Len earned an MBA from The American University and graduated from the College of Architecture at Ball State University. He lives with his family in the Washington, D.C. area. To contact Len, please email him at len@hopecam.org.