Dal LaMagna

Nobody ever accused Dal LaMagna of thinking small. As a child he wanted to be both Pope — and a millionaire. After numerous failed ventures, LaMagna (rhymes with “lasagna”) got a..

This month I spent time with serial entrepreneur Dal LaMagna to ask him about his new book, “Raising Eyebrows, A Failed Entrepreneur Finally Gets It Right.” He's been called an irrepressible capitalist (among other things) which made for an interesting conversation...

Dal LaMagna could have retired after selling Tweezerman, his beauty-tools business, for a reported $57 million in 2004. Instead, after spending several years investing in various businesses, he took the helm of Brooklyn, New York, countertop maker IceStone. The company had been hurt badly by the economic downturn in 2008. Just as recovery was in sight, Hurricane Sandy hit. That's when LaMagna would find his core management beliefs truly put to the test...