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  • Complete summary of Eileen Shapiro and Howard Stevenson's book: "Make Your Own Luck: 12 Practical Steps to Taking Smarter Risks in Business".This summary of the ideas from Eileen Shapiro and Howard Stevenson's book "Make Your Own Luck" explains how "predictive intelligence" is your ability to act in the face of uncertainty to make your own luck and destiny. In their...
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  • The must-read summary of A. G. Lafley and Ram Charan's book: "The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation".This complete summary of the ideas from A. G. Lafley and Ram Charan's book "The Game-Changer" shows how every good business owner understands that innovation is the driver to future success. However, not all manage to incorporate innovation...
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  • The must-read summary of A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin's book: "Playing to Win: How Strategy Really Works".This complete summary of the ideas from A. G. Lafley and Roger L. Martin's book "Playing to Win" explains that strategy involves making simple choices. In their book, the authors highlight the questions that you need to answer in order to develop...
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  • The must-read summary of Al Ries and Laura Ries' book: "The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR".This complete summary of the ideas from Al Ries and Laura Ries' book: "The Fall of Advertising and the Rise of PR" shows that none of the recent business success stories have spent much money on advertising. Instead, companies such as Starbucks...
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  • The must-read summary of Alexander Green's book: "The Gone Fishin' Portfolio: Get Wise, Get Wealthy...and Get On With Your Life".This complete summary of the ideas from Alexander Green's book "The Gone Fishin' Portfolio" shows that the best long-term investment approach is to manage your money yourself and set up your investments using the "Gone Fishin' Portfolio" as your central strategy....
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  • The must-read summary of Amey Stone and Mike Brewster's book: "King of Capital: Sandy Weill and the Making of Citigroup".This complete summary of the ideas from Amey Stone and Mike Brewster's book "King of Capital" investigates the career of Sandy Weill, entrepreneur and CEO of Citigroup. In their book, the authors reveal the secrets behind his success: his interest in...
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  • The must-read summary of Andrew S. Grove's book: “Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Company and Career”.This complete summary of the ideas from Andrew S. Grove's book "Only the Paranoid Survive" explains that sooner or later, every successful company will face a strategic inflection point - a point at which the fundamental rules...
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  • The must-read summary of Andy Sernovitz's book: "Word of Mouth Marketing: How Smart Companies Get People Talking".This complete summary of the ideas from Andy Sernovitz's book "Word of Mouth Marketing" shows how this type of marketing isn't really about the marketers, or even marketing itself. It's all about creating happy customers and making them your best advertisers. In his book,...
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  • The must-read summary of Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff's book: "The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and in Life".This complete summary of the ideas from Avinash Dixit and Barry Nalebuff's book "The Art of Strategy" shows how game theory can be relevant and applicable to contexts other than academia, as it aids strategic thinking....
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  • The must-read summary of Bernard Roth’s book: "The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life". This complete summary of the ideas from Bernard Roth’s book "The Achievement Habit" shows that it is in fact possible to make achievement a habit in both your personal and professional life. To do this, you must apply the "design...
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  • The must-read summary of Bill Gates' book: "The Road Ahead: How the Emerging Technologies of the Digital Age Will Transform Everyone's Lives".This complete summary of the ideas from Bill Gates' book "The Road Ahead" explains how the emerging technologies of the information highway have the ability to transform the life of every person on the planet. In his book, the...
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  • The must-read summary of Charles Babcock's book: "Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution: How Cloud Computing is Transforming Business and Why You Can't Afford to Be Left Behind".This complete summary of the ideas from Charles Babcock's book "Management Strategies for the Cloud Revolution" shows that cloud computing offers a new distribution model where many services are delivered and made available...
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  • The must-read summary of Chris Zook and James Allen's book: "Profit from the Core: Growth Strategy in an Era of Turbulence".This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Zook and James Allen's book "Profit from the Core" reveals the results of a study that was carried out to answer the question: “How do you grow a business profitably in a...
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  • The must-read summary of Chris Zook's book: "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Future Growth".This complete summary of the ideas from Chris Zook's book "Unstoppable" shows that, sooner or later, every company tends to reach a point at which its historical rate of growth flattens out. When you reach this junction, you have to decide whether...
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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 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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