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  • The must-read summary of Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom's book: "The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations".This complete summary of the ideas from Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom's book "The Starfish and the Spider" shows how most companies in the past were 'spiders', with rigid hierarchies and a well-defined corporate structure. But nowadays, new 'starfish' companies...
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  • The must-read summary of Pamela Harper's book: "Preventing Strategic Gridlock: Leading Over, Under & Around Organizational Jams to Achieve High Performance Results".This complete summary of the ideas from Pamela Harper's book "Preventing Strategic Gridlock" shows that despite the best intentions of an effective leader, it’s not uncommon for a promising business strategy or initiative to grind to a halt as...
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  • The must-read summary of Pat O'Bryan's book: "Your Portable Empire: How to Make Money Anywhere While Doing What You Love".This complete summary of the ideas from Pat O'Bryan's book "Your Portable Empire" shows how the internet now makes it feasible and practical for you to build and run your own “portable empire” – an online business which can be run...
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  • The must-read summary of Patricia B. Seybold's book: Customers.com: How to Create a Profitable Business Strategy for the Internet and Beyond".This complete summary of the ideas from Patricia B. Seybold's book "Customers.com" shows how your existing customers are the key to developing and implementing a successful e-commerce strategy. In her book, Patricia B. Seybold explains how you can position yourself...
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  • The must-read summary of Patricia Seybold's book: "Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company's Future".This complete summary of the ideas from Patricia Seybold's book "Outside Innovation" shows how the best way to innovate today is to open up your business to your most passionate customers and let them become an integral part of your overall innovation process. This...
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  • The must-read summary of Patricia Seybold's book: "The Customer Revolution: How to Thrive When Customers Are in Control".This complete summary of the ideas from Patricia Seybold's book "The Customer Revolution" shows how a business revolution is underway – customers are literally transforming industries from the outside in and reshaping companies by deciding how they want to use the products and...
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  • The must-read summary of Patrick Barwise and Sean Meehan's book: "Simply Better: Winning and Keeping Customers by Delivering What Matters Most".This complete summary of the ideas from Patrick Barwise and Sean Meehan's book "Simply Better" highlights how the benefits of differentiation have been overstated. Instead of wanting something unique or even a cutting edge product, most customers simply want a...
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  • The must-read summary of Patrick Kelly and John Case's book: "Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest Turn-on-a-Dime Home-Grown Billion-Dollar Company".This complete summary of the ideas from Patrick Kelly and John Case's book "Faster Company" tells the story of Kelly's company PSS/World Medical Inc. and how it has become the leader in the medical supply industry. In their book, the authors...
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  • The must-read summary of Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi's book: "The Essential Advantage: How to Win with a Capabilities Driven-Strategy".This complete summary of the ideas from Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi's book "The Essential Advantage" shows how everyone in business tries to earn and then sustain an essential advantage – to be doing things their competitors can’t match. The companies...
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  • The must-read summary of Paul Nutt's book: "Why Decisions Fail: Avoiding the Traps and Blunders that Lead to Debacles".This complete summary of the ideas from Paul Nutt's book "Why Decisions Fail" shows that in order to make better decisions and avoid the debacles, you need to avoid the three blunders and seven traps that can lead to bad decisions. In...
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  • The must-read summary of Paul Pilzer's book: "The Wellness Revolution: How to Make a Fortune in the Next Trillion Dollar Industry".This complete summary of the ideas from Paul Pilzer's book "The Wellness Revolution" shows how the next big thing is set to be the wellness industry - providing healthy people with the food, nutritional supplements, preventative healthcare services and insurance...
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  • The must-read summary of Paul and Sarah Edwards and Laura C. Douglas' book: "Getting Business to Come to You: Everything You Need to Do Your Own Advertising & Sales Promotions".This complete summary of the ideas from Paul and Sarah Edwards and Laura C. Douglas' book "Getting Business To Come To You" shows that the only truly essential element for a...
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  • The must-read summary of Perry Marshall’s book: “80/20 Sales and Marketing: The Definitive Guide to Working Less and Making More”. This complete summary of the ideas from Perry Marshall’s book “80/20 Sales and Marketing” explains how 80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts and this principle can be applied to any area of life. The author...
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  • The must-read summary of Pete Mazany's book: "Teamthink: Team New Zealand: The "Black Magic" of Management Behind the 1995 America's Cup Success".This complete summary of the ideas from Pete Mazany's book "Teamthink: Team New Zealand" presents a "vision-driven" model for managing extraordinary teams, projects and organisations. This model for successful project management was exemplified by the success of Team New...
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  • The must-read summary of Peter Cohan's book: "e-Stocks: Finding the Hidden Blue Chips Among the Internet Impostors".This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Cohan's book "e-Stocks" shows Internet stocks should not be permanently avoided, despite the dot.com crash of 2000. According to Peter Cohan, Internet stocks are still worth the investment with a disciplined approach. At the heart of...
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  • The must-read summary of Peter Conti and David Finkel's book: "Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit: Start Investing and Making Money in Real Estate Today".This complete summary of the ideas from Peter Conti and David Finkel's book "Buying Real Estate Without Cash or Credit" shows that the real estate investment field is still wide open, and anyone who wants...
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