From kitchen table MBA to corporate collapse - one man's unfiltered rise and fall.
Nathaniel Stone learned leadership young: selling candy in school hallways, building a digital store at 14, launching a gym with sweat and credit cards. Each win fed the dream - until pride, family hires, and bad debt crushed it all.
In 48 hours, he lost:
• The company
• The fiancée
• The illusion of control
But rock bottom in the U.S. became a runway in China. Teaching English by day, rebuilding by night, Stone turns scars into strategy.
*CEO Blues: The Fall* is Volume 1 of a 3-part business memoir trilogy:
1. **The Fall** - Pride, failure, exile
2. **Eastern Horizons** - Reinvention in China (Fall 2025)
3. **The Return** - Legacy, empire, redemption
For entrepreneurs, dreamers, and anyone who's ever been counted out - this is your playbook.
> "Failure isn't final. It's tuition." - N. L. Simpson
