Stephan Aarstol is an American

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and author of the book ''The Five Hour Workday''.

Life and early career

Aarstol grew up in

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. In September 1999, Aarstol developed a web portal for the medical imaging community. In 2003, he launched a venture producing and selling high-end poker chips. Aarstol quit his day job the following year, by which time his venture was generating $50,000 per month.

Tower Paddle Boards

Aarstol founded Tower Paddle Boards in 2010. Aarstol pitched his business on ''

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'' in 2011.

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made an offer and invested $150,000 for a 30% stake in Aarstol's company. In 2013 and 2018, Aarstol was featured as one of ''Shark Tank's'' biggest winners by ''

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''. In addition to selling beach products, such as sunglasses, snorkels and surfboards, Aarstol is also the Editor-in-Chief of ''Tower Life Magazine'', a biweekly publication that discusses beach lifestyle. His company, was ranked San Diego's number one fastest growing private company in 2014.

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' 2015 annual letter to stockholders singles out Aarstol and his company. Aarstol was featured on ABC's '' Beyond the Tank'' in January 2016. In November 2016,

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professor Thales S. Teixeira published a case, study on Aarstol and Tower Paddle Boards titled "Selling on Amazon at Tower Paddle Boards". Aarstol has given several talks, at Harvard Business School on the topics of e-commerce and

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's role since its publication.

''The Five Hour Workday''

In June 2016, Aarstol published ''The Five Hour Workday'', a book about switching his company to a five-hour workday and the benefits this change yielded in productivity.

References

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