Rock LaManna seated at a wooden table, smiling, in a navy blazer

Rock LaManna

Connecting People.
Creating Opportunities.

In Business Since 1975

50+ years in business. I’ve started, acquired, operated, grown, and sold manufacturing companies. Today, I help business owners develop strategies, assemble the right professionals, and oversee execution.

International experience. Now based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Experience Worth Sharing

Learn from 50+ years in business

This website is a place to learn: lessons about business, relationships, leadership and starting over. Explore at your own pace, or get in touch.

Explore Free Resources

Books, free guides, articles and lessons learned, organized under Buy, Sell, Grow and Life.

Contact Rock

Reach out about relationships, business opportunities, or general inquiries. No pressure, just a conversation.

Vomela, 1975–1993: Rock beside a label press

Expertise

Connecting buyers, sellers and opportunities, backed by firsthand ownership experience.

They Named You Right – book cover

Learn

Books, guides, videos and published articles: more than 50 years of lessons.

Rock exercising with neighbors in a Saigon park

Life

Family, faith, discipline, patience, and continuous learning, now in Vietnam.

Featured Books

Stories and lessons, in Rock’s words

They Named You Right

A Life Built, Broken, and Reclaimed

A personal memoir about family, business, success, failure, relationships, and rebuilding a life.

The Right Horse

Picking Winners in Business and in Life

Lessons about choosing the right people, making decisions, recognizing opportunities, and navigating business and life.