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SUMMARY:Gerardo Joffe\, "Fun with Numbers" (Part 1)
DESCRIPTION:Economic Round Table of San Francisco\n\nLongtime member Gerard
 o Joffe will be giving a 2 part presentation on the techniques he developed
  for his book How You Too Can Develop a Razor-Sharp Mind and a Steel-Trap M
 emory (ISBN-10: 0930992016)\n\nGerardo Joffe is the president of jomira/adv
 ance and also the author of the seven-volume mail-order course How to Build
  a Great Fortune In Mail-Order.\n\nHe is also the founder and now president
  emeritus of haverhills\, one of the oldest and most innovative mail-order 
 companies in the United States. He sold the haverhills division in February
  of 2001 to a Minnesota corporation.\n\nGerardo Joffe is a native of German
 y. He left that country when he was 18 years old and went to work in the mi
 nes of Bolivia. By dint of hard work\, and at the age of only 24 years\, he
  became chief engineer of the Colquiri Mine\, at that time the second large
 st tin mine in the world.\n\nHe left Bolivia in order to continue his engin
 eering studies at the University of Missouri at Rolla\, from which he gradu
 ated with a B.S. degree in mining engineering.\n\nMr. Joffe worked in the m
 ines of the tri-state areas of Missouri/Kansas/Oklahoma and those of the Id
 aho panhandle. He then worked as a specialized petroleum engineer in the oi
 l fields of Arkansas/Texas/Louisiana\, after which he attended the Harvard 
 Graduate School of Business Administration\, from which he graduated with a
 n MBA degree. He also has a law degree from the La Salle Extension Universi
 ty. \n\nHis book\, "How You Too Can Make at Least $1 Million (but Probably 
 Much More) in the Mail-Order Business"\, is now out of print. It was distri
 buted by Harper & Row and went through eight printings. His seven-volume ma
 il-order course How to Build a Great Fortune In Mail-Order is now in its se
 cond\, totally revised edition. Gerardo Joffe is also the author of Anagrap
 hics\, a book of word puzzles of his creation. \n\nGerardo Joffe is married
 \, has two living children\, and five grandchildren. He lives with his wife
 \, Priscilla\, in San Francisco. \n\nSan Francisco\, CA  94108 - USA\n\nWed
 nesday\, April 14 at 8:00 AM\n\nPhoto: http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/phot
 os/event/1/2/1/b/event_10624635.jpeg\n\nAttending: 10\n\nDetails: http://ww
 w.ertsf.org/calendar/11742721/
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LOCATION:Mechanics Institute - 57 Post Street - San Francisco\, CA  94108 -
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