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The benevolent dictator : empower your employees, build your business, and outwit the competition /
"An unconventional philosophy for starting and building a business that exceeds your own expectations What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Those who succeed are benevolent dict...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Phase One Start-Up
- 1. Lesson #1: To Successfully Launch a Start-Up, There Must Be a Benevolent Dictator
- 2. Lesson #2: The Best Ideas Can Come from What's Right in Front of Your Nose
- 3. Lesson #3: How to Find the Money to Make Big Money
- 4. Lesson #4: Once an Entrepreneur, Always an Entrepreneur
- 5. Lesson #5: It's Better to Be Lucky Than Just Good
- 6. Lesson #6: "GOYA"
- The Only Way to Really Test an Idea
- 7. Lesson #7: Don't Underestimate the Power of Focus, Discipline, and Follow-Up
- 8. Lesson #8: Competition Stinks
- Phase Two Build Out and Put the Idea to the Test
- 9. Lesson #9: Business Is a Series of "Go" and "No-Go" Decisions
- 10. Lesson #10: Treat an Idea Like Clay
- 11. Lesson #11: Always Be Prepared with Plan B ... And Sometimes C and D
- 12. Lesson #12: You'll Never Reach Critical Goals without a Definitive Timetable
- 13. Lesson #13: Never Be as Weak as Your Weakest Link.
- 14. Lesson #14: Raising Additional Capital Requires Creating Demand
- 15. Lesson #15: Everything You Wanted to Know about the "D" Word but Were Afraid to Ask
- 16. Lesson #16: Managing People Is about Achieving Objectives through Others
- 17. Lesson #17: Good Intentions Will Get You Only So Far
- 18. Lesson #18: Don't Open the Doors until the Start-Up Passes the Smell Test
- And Don't Be Afraid to Call Time-Out Just to Be Sure
- Phase Three Constant Reinvention
- 19. Lesson #19: Pot Stirring 101
- The Key to Continuous Reinvention
- 20. Lesson #20: Is Perception Reality? How to Manage Risk, Take Chances, and Remain Standing
- 21. Lesson #21: How to Keep Lethargy at Bay ... Or Why Time Is Your Most Precious Resource
- 22. Lesson #22: How to Avoid Analysis Paralysis by Learning When to Make "Battlefield" Decisions
- 23. Lesson #23: Don't Drink Your Own Bathwater
- You Could Choke.
- 24. Lesson #24: When the Wolf's at the Door, What You Do Can Make the Difference between Living to Fight Another Day and Going Down for the Count
- 25. Lesson #25: Using the "Mother Rule" Can Help You Avoid Costly Hiring Mistakes
- 26. Lesson #26: When Communicating, Cut to the Chase
- 27. Lesson #27: Survival Math
- Business Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
- 28. Lesson #28: Manage by the Three Ps
- Persistence, Perspiration, and Performance
- 29. Lesson #29: You Can't Live with Èm
- How to Manage Prima Donnas, Employees Who Think "It's Not Their Job," and the Perfectionists
- 30. Lesson #30: The Golden Rule of Trust and Respect: You've Got to Give to Get
- 31. Lesson #31: Why You Must Look at Business through the Customer's Eyes, Not Just from an Operator's Perspective
- 32. Lesson #32: When It's Time to Pull the Trigger and Fire a Customer or a Vendor
- 33. Lesson #33: Spurring Growth
- How to Eat an Elephant One Bite at a Time.
- 34. Lesson #34: If You Don't Like the Competition ... Buy Them If You Can
- 35. Lesson #35: The Easiest Path to Hypergrowth Is with Other People's Money
- 36. Lesson #36: Beating the Competition Requires That You Know More about Their Vulnerabilities Than They Know about Themselves ... And Knowing Yourself Better Than They Know You
- 37. Lesson #37: If You Negotiate with Yourself, You Have a Fool for an Opponent
- Phase Four The Payday
- 38. Lesson #38: Payday ... And Lessons from the IPO Road Show
- 39. Lesson #39: If the Flame Starts Flickering: How to Tell If the Fat Lady Is About to Sing
- 40. Lesson #40: How to Put Lightning Back in the Bottle Again and Again
- Many Entrepreneurs Are Serial Entrepreneurs.