Chris Gardner Press
Jet magazine
Jet Designer Spotlight: Eyebobs Benefiting Glide Memorial
June 14, 2010The June 14, 2010 issue of Jet magazine features Chris Gardner’s collaboration with Eyebobs on a pair of fashionable reading glasses Gardner dubs the “All Blues”. The glasses will be available in July and may be pre-ordered from Eyebobs. Sales of the glasses will benefit Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco, the venerable institution that assisted Chris Gardner and his son during their struggle with homelessness, among many thousands of other lives Glide has touched over the last five decades. Look for the Jet magazine issue featuring Chris Gardner’s Eyebobs at newsstands now.
United Way of Midland, Michigan
Chris Gardner Photo Gallery
February 03, 2010The United Way of Midland, Michigan has posted a photo gallery of Chris Gardner at his recent speaking appearance there.
The Wall Street Journal Speakeasy Blog
What 2010 Will Be Like: Don’t Bank On It
January 02, 2010Chris Gardner comments on the credit crisis going into 2010. According to Chris, “The mentality at TARP-infected institutions has clearly NOT changed.”
BNet.com Sales Machine blog
Chris Gardner on Professionalism in Sales
December 22, 2009The Sales Machine blog at BNet.com has posted an interview with Chris Gardner conducted by Geoffrey James. Chris discusses the importance of sales as a profession, and why he has chosen to “not participate” in the recession.
Grand Island Independent
Author Says He’s Proudest of Being There for Son
September 30, 2009Chris Gardner recently shared his story in Nebraska as part of the kickoff of the Heartland United Way’s annual fundraising campaign. Gardner expressed that “the most important thing I’ve ever done in my life was to break the cycle of men who are not there for their children.” He also emphasized that many of the country’s homeless are hard-working people with jobs and families who have fallen on difficult times. “If you’re ever going to give something, this is the time,” Gardner said, “because the need has never been greater.”
Vancouver Sun
Pursuit of Happyness is Yours if You Want It
September 29, 2009“At a time when more Canadian families are becoming homeless, the man behind the blockbuster movie Pursuit of Happyness says it’s important for people to find their inner strength to carry on.” An article from the Vancouver Sun regarding Chris Gardner’s appearance in Calgary for a fundraiser for Inn From the Cold, an agency that provides shelter to homeless families.
Black Enterprise
When the Tough Get Going
September 01, 2009The September 2009 issue of Black Enterprise magazine features an article on Chris Gardner entitled “When the Tough Get Going: What you need to learn about conquering economic hardship from a homeless man turned millionaire”. You can read the article online at BlackEnterprise.com.
Realtor Magazine blog
Christopher Gardner Talks About ‘White-Collar Homelessness’
August 26, 2009Realtor Magazine’s Speaking of Real Estate blog has posted an article about Chris Gardner’s recent keynote speech at the National Association of Realtors 2009 Leadership Summit on August 25. The story recaps the real life tale of the period of Chris Gardner’s life portrayed by Will Smith in The Pursuit of Happyness.
COSE Update
Life Lessons
August 01, 2009COSE (Council of Smaller Enterprises) has published an article about Chris Gardner in the August 2009 issue of COSE Update magazine. A digital edition of the article is available to read online. Chris will be a featured speaker at the COSE Small Business Conference, October 21 at the IX Center in Cleveland.
USA Today
Chicago School Helps Inner-city Teens Help Themselves
June 22, 2009USA Today reports on Chris Gardner’s work with Christ the King Catholic High School in Chicago’s West Austin neighborhood, founded last year by Jesuit priest Christopher Devron. The school’s students earn 75% of the cost of their education by working for Chicago-area companies one day a week and signing over their paychecks to the school. Chris Gardner hired five students to work for Gardner Rich & Co., his brokerage firm.
The Daily Californian
Convocation Speaker Talks About the New American Dream
May 26, 2009In a time when college graduates are facing a economic recession, convocation speaker Chris Gardner told UC Berkeley’s class of 2009 Friday that happiness lies not in money but in relationships. “It’s time for us to come home to prayers, family and focus,” he said to a sea of students dressed in black caps and gowns. “Stuff, toys and things exist but they are not necessary for you to be happy.”
UCBerkeleyNews
Sights and Speeches from Berkeley Commencement 2009
May 22, 2009An upbeat keynote speaker Chris Gardner recalled his days as a homeless man sleeping on the Berkeley campus as he encouraged graduating seniors to keep pursuing happiness. Gardner, now an entrepreneur and philanthropist, said dire predictions that “the sky is falling” just don’t recognize that it’s really “pennies from heaven.”
BlackVoices.com
A Conversation with Chris Gardner: START WHERE YOU ARE
May 20, 2009An interview with Chris Gardner regarding his best selling second book Start Where You Are, the successor to The Pursuit of Happyness. “Just like this market went down, it’s going to go up. The question is: when this economy does turn, who are you going to turn out to be? Are you going to be the same person you were before the music stopped or the bubble burst? Or will you take this time to grow, assess, and empower yourself?”
Nasdaq.com
Chris Gardner Rings the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
May 13, 2009Chris Gardner presided over the NASDAQ closing bell on May 13 to celebrate his new book. Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be provides a blueprint for navigating this tumultuous time with positivity, courage, tenacity, discipline and common sense. Distilling his beliefs into 44 profound yet accessible chapters, Gardner offers practical advice for tackling life’s problems and seizing its opportunities, all with his trademark humor and “tell it like it is” attitude.
Marin Independent Journal
“Happyness” Author Gardner Hopes We’re Each Our Own Champ
May 13, 2009“Gardner’s just-released book was written, he said, ‘because I’m determined to show people they can be totally broke and still, through the lessons in the book, not only recover but eventually thrive if they are willing to do what it takes. But if people are looking for how to get rich quick, this isn’t the right book for them.’” Marin Independent Journal
BookPage
START WHERE YOU ARE Interview
April 16, 2009An interview regarding Chris Gardner’s new book Start Where You Are from the May 2009 issue of BookPage. It will be available on BookPage.com during May 2009.
UCBerkeleyNews
“Pursuit of Happyness” Hero to Address 2009 Graduates
April 08, 2009Chris Gardner, the self-made entrepreneur and philanthropist whose homelessness-to-riches story inspired the 2006 autobiography and feature film, “The Pursuit of Happyness,” will deliver the keynote address this spring at the University of California, Berkeley’s Commencement Convocation.
Awearness
Inspiring Stories About How to Make a Difference
Chris Gardner recently contributed a short essay entitled “On Giving and Getting Second Chances” to fashion designer and philanthropist Kenneth Cole’s book, AWEARNESS: Inspiring Stories About How to Make a Difference. Among the many luminaries who have also contributed essays to the book are Bill Clinton, Magic Johnson, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jane Fonda, Ludacris, Robert Redford, and Martin Luther King III. Proceeds from the book support Kenneth’s not-for-profit AWEARNESS Fund.
Psychology Today, December 2008
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
December 01, 2008Author Scott Barry Kaufman explores the characteristics of the late bloomer, referring to Chris Gardner as an example.
CIO
5 Things I’ve Learned
November 15, 2008Chris Gardner relates five key things he’s learned in his business career.
Metro
Film’s Inspiration Seeing History Repeat
November 10, 2008WCVB TV, ABC Boston
Man Shares Rags-To-Riches Story in Boston
September 23, 2008“We’re about to see a whole new class of homeless people in America,” Chris Gardner said. “Going forward, whose responsibility is it to take care of me and my family? It’s not the corporation that you work for, clearly, they don’t care anything about you. It’s not the government. It’s your responsibility, and I think a lot of people are finally getting it. This is the last wake-up call.”
The ChronicleHerald, Nova Scotia
The Real Chris Gardner
June 20, 2008“This is the story of every father who ever had to be a mother, every mother who ever had to be a father and everybody who ever had a dream and would not quit.”
Questions For Living
Questions for The Pursuit of Happyness
QuestionsForLiving.com recently asked Chris to articulate the questions he routinely asks himself which have contributed to his long term success. The brief interview is posted at their website. This is a tip-of-the-iceberg view of the type of ideas Chris is developing in much greater detail in his upcoming book Start Where You Are, scheduled for release in May 2009
The New York Times
The Basketball Scene
June 15, 2008Chris Gardner recounts a story about the making of the famous basketball scene from “The Pursuit of Happyness”, in an excerpt from his 2008 Hampton University commencement address. Video footage of this is on YouTube.
Newsweek
Letter to the Editor from Chris Gardner
June 02, 2008Equities
Chris Gardner Rises to the Occasion
May 01, 2008Reuters
Father absence “decimates” black community in U.S.
June 14, 2007The Stock Market Game
Chris Gardner tribute dinners
From a brochure promoting The Stock Market Game.
Associated Press
Gardner translates ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ fame into advocacy
March 14, 2007Memphis Commercial Appeal
Teens’ essays strike chord with author
March 15, 2007To deliver his ‘Happyness’ message at Memphis church
by JAMES DOWD
Associated Press
Once homeless, millionaire broker’s story hitting book stores, big screen
May 25, 2006by DON BABWIN
