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  • The must-read summary of Cindy Alvarez's book: "Lean Customer Development: Building Products Your Customers Will Buy".This complete summary of the ideas from Cindy Alvarez's book "Lean Customer Development" demonstrates how traditional companies develop a new product and then look for ways to market it. According to Alvarez, a better approach is ‘Lean Customer Development’, which identifies a customer need and...
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  • The must-read summary of Claude Hopkins' book: "Scientific Advertising: How to Develop a Superior Advertising Program".This complete summary of the ideas from Claude Hopkins' book "Scientific Advertising" presents the scientific approach to advertising, which involves continually testing and comparing advertising concepts to assess their results. In his book, the author explains that doing this is the best way of ensuring...
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  • The must-read summary of Clay Shirky's book: "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations". This complete summary of the ideas from "Here Comes Everybody" shows that groups of people are incredibly hard to organise. That’s why until now, only large corporations could generally afford to buy the tools and build the infrastructure required to sync the joint efforts...
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  • The must-read summary of Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book: "The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor's book "The Innovator's Solution" shows how capital markets demand that all companies should grow by commercialising innovations. The companies who are successful in doing this are rewarded spectacularly, however only one...
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  • The must-read summary of Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book: "Seeing What's Next: Using the Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change".This complete summary of the ideas from Clayton Christensen, Scott Anthony and Erik Roth's book "Seeing What's Next" shows that successful businessmen, investors and entrepreneurs all share one trait: they have the ability to predict industry change...
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  • The must-read summary of Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book: "Fast Second: How Smart Companies Bypass Radical Innovation to Enter and Dominate New Markets".This complete summary of the ideas from Constantinos Markides and Paul Geroski's book "Fast Second" demonstrates that the firms which develop and pioneer radical innovations are rarely the ones that ultimately end up dominating the markets they...
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  • The must-read summary of Craig Stull, Phil Meyers and David Meerman Scott's book: "Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities that Lead to Business Breakthroughs".This complete summary of the ideas from Craig Stull, Phil Meyers and David Meerman Scott's book "Tuned In" shows that there's no use developing new products in isolation and hoping they will sell. A better idea is...
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  • The must-read summary of Curtis Carlson and William Wilmot's book: "Innovation: The Five Disciplines for Creating What Customers Want". This complete summary of the ideas from Curtis Carlson and William Wilmot's book "Innovation" shows that the starting point for innovation is not a new idea, but the answer to three fundamental questions on your customer and what you are offering....
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  • The must-read summary of Cynthia Rabe's book: "The Innovation Killer: How What We Know Limits What We Can Imagine - And What Smart Companies Are Doing About It”.This complete summary of the ideas from Cynthia Rabe's book "The Innovation Killer" shows that thinking innovatively is a challenge for many organisations because it requires a rather delicate balancing act. On the...
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  • The must-read summary of Dale Carnegie's book "How to win Friends and Influence People: The All-Time Classic Manual of People Skills"This complete summary of the ideas from Dale Carnegie's book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" shows that no matter your occupation, goals, ambitions or your position in a company, dealing with people is your biggest challenge. Therefore, if...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Kennedy's book: "The Ultimate Marketing Plan: Find Your Most Promotable Competitive Edge, Turn It Into a Powerful Marketing Message and Deliver It to the Right Prospects".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Kennedy's book "The Ultimate Competitive Advantage" shows that the true essence of marketing is simple: getting the right message to the right...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Miller's book: "No More Mondays: Fire Yourself - and Other Revolutionary Ways to Discover Your True Calling at Work".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Miller's book "No More Mondays" presents a clear message: “If you’re one of those people who dread going to work on Mondays, do something about it”. In his book,...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Olsen's book: "The Lean Product Playbook: How to Innovate With Minimum Viable Products and Rapid Customer Feedback".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Olsen's book "The Lean Product Playbook" explains how you can make products that customers love and rave about. By using the "Lean Product Process", in which you repeatedly ask for consumer...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Roam's book: "Show and Tell: How Everybody Can Make Extraordinary Presentations".This complete summary of the ideas in Dan Roam's book "Show and Tell" explains that while sharing your ideas is essential to achieve both personal and professional success, most people dread public speaking and try to avoid it. The author gives three simple rules to...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan Roam's book: "The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan Roam's book "The Back of the Napkin" shows that visual thinking is a whole new way of looking at and discussing business. It is harnessing and applying our innate ability to use our eyes...
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  • The must-read summary of Dan S. Kennedy's book: "How to Succeed in Business by Breaking all the Rules: A Plan for Entrepreneurs".This complete summary of the ideas from Dan S. Kennedy's book "How to Succeed in Business by Breaking all the Rules" points out that most business books give “rules for success”. However, the research suggests that in fact, people...
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