The Cobbler

Everyone knows Steve Madden’s name and his shoes, but few are familiar with his story. Over the past thirty years, Steve Madden has taken his eponymous shoe company from the fledgling startup he founded with a mere $1,100 to a global, multi-billion dollar brand. But Madden’s demons, from his battle with addiction to the financial shortcuts that landed him in prison, are as important to his story as his most iconic shoes. In this raw, intimate, and ultimately inspiring book, Madden holds nothing back as he shares what it took to get here and the lessons he’s learned along the way. From his unconventional hiring strategies to his slavish devotion to product, Madden offers a business perspective that is as unique as his styles.

In The Cobbler, readers are treated to the wild ride through Madden’s rise, fall, and comeback. But they will also walk away uplifted by a man who has owned up to his mistakes and is determined to give back and use his hard-won platform to create positive change. Originally written in 2019, The Cobbler was released at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. During and in the aftermath of the pandemic, Madden’s perspective on life and business shifted. This new, updated version includes a prologue and epilogue revealing how Steve Madden the man and the company not only survived, but managed to come back stronger than ever for the second time.

Steve Madden took his eponymous shoe company from a fledgling startup to a multibillion-dollar global brand. In this inspiring memoir, he shares what it took to get here and the lessons learned along the way.





Jodi Lipper Bio:
Jodi Lipper is a New York Times bestselling ghost writer, book doctor, and editorial consultant who works with high profile experts and celebrities to garner major publishing deals and translate their experiences and expertise into highly effective and marketable books. Jodi has co-written several notable memoirs as well as prescriptive books about diet and fitness, business, relationships, and parenting.
Before becoming a full time writer, Jodi edited fiction at Atria Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, where she worked with numerous #1 New York Times best sellers such as Jodi Picoult, Brad Thor, Dan Brown, and the late Vince Flynn. This experience coupled with her work as an author on her own trio of best sellers has given Jodi unique insight into the entire publishing process. She knows how to write the type of proposals and manuscripts that editors respond to in a highly versatile style that captures each author's unique voice. This is one reason the industry's top publishers and agents repeatedly hire Jodi to collaborate on their books.
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