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She carried everything she owned in a brown paper bag.
The shoes on her feet were borrowed. What she carried that nobody could see built five generations — and one of them wrote it all down.
I'm Eddrick Trumpler. Journey Began is my memoir about building a business from nothing while working a full-time job — no investors, no inheritance. A true story of faith, perseverance, and a Black family's legacy. If you loved Shoe Dog, you're home.
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Meet the Author
I'm Eddrick Trumpler.
I'm not a celebrity founder or a Fortune 500 CEO — and that's the point. I built a business from nothing while working a full-time job, no investors and no inheritance, and I wrote it all down so the next person with more grit than capital knows it can be done. Journey Began is dedicated to my grandmother, Dorothy Bell Hunt, who started it all in 1957.
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Honest notes on how to start a business while working a full-time job, and the faith and family story behind it all.
The Roots
Five Generations, One Promise: The Power of Overcoming Adversity
The family story behind the book — from a 1957 bus ride out of Dawson, Georgia to a business built five generations later.
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What Is Journey Began About? The Story Behind the Title
Deciding whether to read it? Here's the honest answer to what the book is, where it came from, and who it's for.
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Journey Began
Carrying a Brown Paper Bag and a Borrowed Pair of Shoes
The inspirational business memoir behind everything I write about here — an entrepreneur's true story of building a real business from almost nothing, with no investors and no inheritance. Faith, perseverance, and a Black family's five-generation legacy. Free to read with Kindle Unlimited. See all book details →
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