Patrick Combs Explained

Patrick Combs
Birth Date:1966 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Bend, Oregon
Nationality:Mexican American
Occupation:Author, Inspirational speaker
Notableworks:(book) Man 1 Bank 0

Patrick Combs (born July 5, 1966) is an American author and inspirational speaker.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] He is the author of Major in Success and Man 1 Bank 0 [7] which was adapted into a one-man live stage show that has toured the United States and Europe.[8] [9] Combs has performed Man 1 Bank 0 to sold out audiences in Ireland and on Broadway.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Combs is an active speaker on the national college circuit, a keynote speaker for a variety of global corporations and a speaker at seminars, public and private events.[14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

As an occasional reporter and commentator, Combs has appeared on television programs, talk shows and network specials,[19] as well as the cover of the Harlequin Romance novel The Valentine Gift.[20] Combs also made headlines when at age 21 he delivered a stranger’s baby on a sidewalk in San Francisco without any previous medical training[21] [22] [23]

Early life and education

Combs was raised in Bend, Oregon by a single mother with his older brother Mike Combs.[24] [25] His mother was a nurse until she lost her job after a back injury. The family lived in poverty in a trailer on a single income with support in part by a local church. Combs would take odd jobs to help, including picking strawberries and running daily a paper route.[26] He attended Lewis & Clark College starting in 1984, and graduated San Francisco State University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts.

At 26, he left his corporate job to help students succeed and tested videogames for Electronic Arts to support himself. By 28, he was a published author, a well-known college speaker, and had a Fortune 100 sponsorship to visit the top 100 schools in America.[27]

Author

In 1992 Combs began writing his first book which became his national bestseller, Major in Success.[28] The book, which was published by Ten Speed Press and is distributed by Random House,[29] is currently being distributed in its fifth edition.[30]

As a companion to his live one-man stage show, Man 1 Bank 0, in 2010 Combs wrote a novelization of it.

Speaker

Combs has made speeches and hosted seminars across the United States and abroad regarding a variety of motivational topics.[31] [32] [33]

Performer

Combs' one-man show, Man 1 Bank 0 has played sold-out runs at HBO's 2004 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival held in Aspen, at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston (where it garnered "Critic's Choice"), in Winnipeg, and at the Comedy Central Stage in Los Angeles. The show won "Best of Fest" at the San Francisco Fringe where it was awarded "Best Solo Comedy," and was an official selection of the New Zealand International Comedy Festival and an official selection of the Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal.[34] The show sold out in New York during its off-Broadway run at the Lambs Theatre in summer 2015.[35] [36] In 2012 he debuted his one-man show entitled Foolhardy at the Orlando Fringe[37]

Media personality

Combs has appeared on several national and international television programs, series and specials, including Hard Copy and Real TV.[38] He has also appeared on such talk shows as The View, Donahue, ABC's World News Tonight, NBC Nightly News, “Coast to Coast AM” with Art Bell, Good Morning America, Montel Williams and The Late Show.[39] [40]

Published work

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Crowd: Philanthropists have their day in the sun . 13 January 2017 . Los Angeles Times.
  2. Web site: Performer Dines Out on Fake-Check Tale for 10 Years . bloomberg.com.
  3. Web site: Shortcuts: Patrick Combs on realising your dreams, living your passion . naturalhealthradio.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Author Profile . randomhouse.com.
  5. Web site: Professional advantage: Nationally known speaker kicks off College of Business Administration's new professional development program . k-state.edu.
  6. Web site: Drew Carey May Be Saying 'Come On Down,' But Patrick Combs Will Teach You How to Live Your Life to the Fullest and Make Your Dreams Take Off . https://web.archive.org/web/20170113165925/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb562854.htm. dead. January 13, 2017. PRWeb.
  7. Web site: Man 1 Bank 0: What Happened When a Bank Cashed a Check for $95K That It Shouldn't Have . 15 November 2013 . houstonpress.com.
  8. Web site: PBank Credits $95,093.35 Junk Mail Check To Man's Account, Has To Beg For It Back . consumerist.com.
  9. Web site: Patrick Combs: the man who successfully cashed a junk mail cheque . 2 August 2012 . edinburghfestival.list.co.uk.
  10. Web site: BWW Reviews: Patrick Combs' MAN 1 BANK 0 is Fascinating and Funny . broadwayworld.comt.
  11. Web site: Banking on a lucky streak. 9 March 2012. irishexaminer.com.
  12. Web site: ABOUT MAN 1, BANK 0. irishtheatre.ie.
  13. Web site: Performer Dines Out on Fake-Check Tale for 10 Years . bloomberg.com.
  14. Web site: Payments Symposium Agenda . lwespay.org.
  15. Web site: Patrick Combs Lecture - Fall 2014 . k-state.edu.
  16. Web site: Students learn to 'Major in Success' . mustangnews.net.
  17. Web site: WHEN THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY - American Inspirational Speaker PATRICK COMBS . meetup.com.
  18. Web site: Inspirational speaker Patrick Combs comes to West Chester to talk about 'Majoring in Success' . 8 September 2008 . wcuquad.com.
  19. Web site: 2009-2010 Programs . carteretartsforum.com.
  20. Web site: Harlequin Superromance . harlequin.com . 2017-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170118135940/http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=39182&cid=1036 . 2017-01-18 . dead .
  21. Web site: Student Delivers Baby on Sidewalk . newspapers.com.
  22. Web site: Money for nothing? Patrick Combs . irishtimes.com.
  23. Web site: TV Tip Helps a Stork in a Hurry . July 1988 . Los Angeles Times.
  24. Web site: Patrick Combs . Amazon .
  25. Web site: Charity Spotlight: Locals Honored at Olive Crest "Power of One" Luncheon. 7 December 2016. newportbeachindy.com.
  26. Web site: Playing With Money / How a $95,093.35 junk mail check changed Patrick's life . 17 September 2003 . sfgate.com.
  27. Web site: Author, Motivational Speaker Patrick Combs to Speak at TAMIU Oct. 20 . 2024-08-21 . www.tamiu.edu . en.
  28. Web site: Students learn to 'Major in Success' . mustangnews.net.
  29. Web site: Major in Success, 5th Ed . penguinrandomhouse.com.
  30. Web site: Major in Success, 5th Ed: Make College Easier, Fire up Your Dreams, and Get a Great Job . goodreads.com.
  31. Web site: Speakers Shine at Sage Talks . sageexecutivegroup.com.
  32. Web site: Orange County – The Power of One. olivecrest.org. 2017-01-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118140828/http://www.olivecrest.org/event/orange-county-power-one/. 2017-01-18. dead.
  33. Web site: Patrick Combs . nacada.ksu.edu.
  34. Web site: Man 1 Bank 0 Plays Lamb's Theatre through July 30 . broadwayworld.com.
  35. News: Fake Check Story Ending. The New York Times. 4 October 1995.
  36. Web site: Man 1, Bank 0 . entertainment.ie.
  37. Web site: Orlando Fringe review: 'Foolhardy' . orlandosentinel.com.
  38. Web site: Cash a Novelty Check and You Get In Big Trouble — and Spawn a Solo Show, Man 1, Bank 0; NYC Debut Plays to July 30 . 18 July 2005 . playbill.com.
  39. Web site: Live Your Peace Interviews Patrick Combs . scriptingforsuccess.com.
  40. Web site: Man 1 Bank 0. lambstheatre.org.

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