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 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 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 Doug Hall's book: "Jump Start Your Business Brain: Scientific Ideas and Advice that Will Immediately Double Your Business Success Rate".This complete summary of the ideas from Doug Hall's book "Jump Start Your Business Brain" shows that success in business is not random, but the result of a well-researched, well-thought out and well-applied framework to get the...
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The must-read summary of Ed Keller and Jon Berry's book: "The Influentials: One American in Ten Tells the Other Nine How to Vote, Where to Eat, and What to Buy".This complete summary of the ideas from Ed Keller and Jon Berry's book "The Influentials" shows that, for most people, the first step in the buying process is to ask someone...
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The must-read summary of Gary Lynn and Richard Reilly's book: "Blockbusters: The Five Keys to Developing Great New Products".This complete summary of the ideas from Gary Lynn and Richard Reilly's book "Blockbusters" shows that great companies achieve lasting success because they constantly produce good products, or "blockbusters". In their book, the authors present five best practices for developing great new...
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The must-read summary of Jack Trout and Steve Rivkin's book: "The New Positioning: The Latest on the World's #1 Business Strategy".This complete summary of the ideas from Jack Trout and Steve Rivkin's book "The New Positioning" shows that "positioning" means to concentrate on an idea that defines the company and its products in the minds of consumers, and to avoid...
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The must-read summary of Jagmohan Raju and W. John Zhang's book: "Smart Pricing: How Google, Priceline, and Leading Businesses Use Pricing Innovation for Profitability".This complete summary of the ideas from Jagmohan Raju and W. John Zhang's book "Smart Pricing" demonstrates that many companies fail to establish a deliberate pricing strategy. In fact, many managers rarely give pricing much thought at...
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The must-read summary of Jay Baer's book: "Youtility: Why Smart Marketing Is About Help Not Hype".This complete summary of the ideas from Jay Baer's book "Youtility" explains that for a business or a company to stand out in today’s information overloaded marketplace, there are only two ways to pull that off: be amazing or be useful. This summary highlights that...
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The must-read summary of John Jantsch's book: "The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market Itself".This complete summary of the ideas from John Jantsch's book "The Referral Engine" shows that everyone loves getting referrals from happy customers but few businesses have systems in place to facilitate this happening more often. In his book, the author states that it's time to...
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The must-read summary of Lisa Johnson and Andrea Learned's book: "Don't Think Pink: What Really Makes Women Buy and How to Increase Your Share of This Market".This complete summary of the ideas from Lisa Johnson and Andrea Learned's book "Don't Think Pink" shows that very few corporations purposefully attempt to target women to purchase their products, despite the fact that...
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The must-read summary of Lori Greiner's book: "Invent It, Sell It, Bank It: Make Your Million-Dollar Idea into a Reality". This complete summary of the ideas from Lori Greiner’s book: "Invent It, Sell It, Bank It" gives a step-by-step guide on how to take a new product to market and turn your idea into a reality. According to Greiner, these...
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The must-read summary of Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy's book: "Now, Build a Great Business!: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Profit in Any Market". This complete summary of the ideas from Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy's book "Now, Build a Great Business!" shows that now is the perfect time to start building a great business that will rise to the...
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The must-read summary of Michael Silverstein's book: "Treasure Hunt: Inside the Mind of the New Consumer".This complete summary of the ideas from Michael Silverstein's book "Treasure Hunt" shows how middle-class consumers now have far more tools available to help them make decisions about the products and services they choose to buy. Many are embarking on a personal “treasure hunt” to...
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The must-read summary of Rob Adams' book: "A Good Hard Kick in The Ass: Basic Training For Entrepreneurs". This complete summary of the ideas from Rob Adams' book "A Good Hard Kick in The Ass" shows that many aspiring entrepreneurs believe that their ideas are groundbreaking, their markets are ripe and all they need is some capital and a bit...
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The must-read summary of Rob Adams' book: "If You Build It Will They Come? Three Steps to Test and Validate Any Market Opportunity".This complete summary of the ideas from Rob Adams' book "If You Build It Will They Come?" shows that successful entrepreneurs don’t just plunge in without doing their research: before investing money they prove that a market exists,...
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