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50 Business Classics presents the key ideas from classic texts such as My Years with General Motors and Michael Gerber's The E-Myth Revisited to contemporary business lessons from the rise of tech giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon. It contains revealing biographies of luminaries like Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett, as well as lesser-known stories including creation of publishing giant Penguin and Chinese behemoth Alibaba.
Here you'll find the texts and ideas that matter in entrepreneurship, leadership, management, strategy, business history, personal development, technology, and innovation. Summarizing the smartest thinking for today's professional success, 50 Business Classics provides inspiration and insights for entrepreneurs, executives, and students of business and management alike.
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The inspirational best seller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our why. Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time - with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the why of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Useless Dribble
- By Chimdi Azubuike on 03-10-18
By: Simon Sinek
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The Reinventors
- How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change
- By: Jason Jennings
- Narrated by: Jason Jennings
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 40
Eventually every job and every business will become irrelevant. According to Jason Jennings, the past few decades have seen unprecedented shifts: former third-world nations have transformed themselves into high-tech manufacturing powerhouses; technology has democratized business and increased competition in ways never before seen; and customers, used to getting exactly what they want when they want it, are no longer beholden to the corporate giants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good advice
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By: Jason Jennings
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Who Says Elephants Can't Dance?
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- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
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- Unabridged
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 553
In 1990, IBM had its most profitable year ever. By 1993, the company was on a watch list for extinction, victimized by its own lumbering size, an insular corporate culture, and the PC era IBM had itself helped invent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Moderate Start, Picks up FAST!
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The Firm
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- Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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- Unabridged
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A behind-the-scenes, revelatory history of McKinsey & Company, America's most influential and controversial business consulting firm, told by one of the nation's leading financial journalists. In The Firm, Duff McDonald uncovers how these high-powered, high-priced business savants have ushered in waves of structural, financial, and technological shifts. With unrivaled access to company documents and current and former employees, McDonald reveals the inner workings of what just might be the most influential private organization in America.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Warning: Non consultants should avoid
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Small Giants
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- Unabridged
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It's an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus on more satisfying business goals. Goals like being great at what they do, creating a great place to work, providing great customer service, making great contributions to their communities, and finding great ways to lead their lives. In Small Giants, veteran journalist Bo Burlingham takes us deep inside 14 such remarkable companies.
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5 out of 5 stars
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fantastic book for small company builders
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By: Bo Burlingham
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The Star Principle
- How It Can Make You Rich
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- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 100
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 103
Richard Koch has made a career out of spotting "Star businesses" - and has made millions from them. Star businesses are ventures operating in a high-growth sector - and are the leaders of their niche in the market. Stars are rare. But with the help of this book and a little patience, you can find one - or create one yourself.This is a vital book for any budding entrepreneur or investor (of grand or modest means).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Makes perfect sense
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By: Richard Koch
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Company of One
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- By: Paul Jarvis
- Narrated by: Paul Jarvis
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,179
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 994
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 986
Paul Jarvis left the corporate world when he realized that working in a high-pressure, high profile world was not his idea of success. In Company of One, Jarvis explains how you can find the right pathway to do the same, including planning how to set up your shop, determining your desired revenues, dealing with unexpected crises, keeping your key clients happy, and of course, doing all of this on your own. Company of One is a refreshingly new approach centered on staying small and avoiding growth, for any size business.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Starts out strong...
- By Oliver Nielsen on 05-02-20
By: Paul Jarvis
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Car Guys vs. Bean Counters
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 254
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 217
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Story4 out of 5 stars 209
In 2001, General Motors hired Bob Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. He launched a war against penny pinching, office politics, turf wars, and risk avoidance. After declaring bankruptcy during the recession of 2008, GM is back on track thanks to its embrace of Lutz's philosophy. When Lutz got into the auto business in the early sixties, CEOs knew that if you captured the public's imagination with great cars, the money would follow.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Opinionated and one-sided
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The Halo Effect
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Story4 out of 5 stars 214
Much of our business thinking is shaped by delusions that distort our understanding of the real reasons for a company's performance. The most pervasive delusion is the Halo Effect. When a company's sales and profits are up, people often conclude that it has a brilliant strategy, a visionary leader, capable employees, and a superb corporate culture. When performance falters, they conclude the opposite. In fact, little may have changed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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slow start
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What to Do When Machines Do Everything
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 267
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 236
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 235
What to Do When Machines Do Everything is a guidebook to succeeding in the next generation of the digital economy. When systems running on artificial intelligence can drive our cars, diagnose medical patients, and manage our finances more effectively than humans, it raises profound questions on the future of work and how companies compete.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Assumes that machine learning will grow very slow
- By Nathan Burnham on 05-06-17
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Reality Check
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- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4 out of 5 stars 55
In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"...then it's time for a reality check.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The Reality of Reality Check
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Less Is More
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From the author of the best selling It's Not the Big That Eat the Small, It's the Fast That Eat the Slow comes a vital new guide to increasing business productivity without adding employees or other overhead costs.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Got some great tips
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Driving Honda
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For decades there have been two iconic Japanese auto companies. One has been endlessly studied and written about. The other has been generally underappreciated and misunderstood. Until now. Since its birth as a motorcycle company in 1949, Honda has steadily grown into the world’s fifth largest automaker and top engine manufacturer, as well as one of the most beloved, most profitable, and most consistently innovative multinational corporations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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it was ok.
- By chris p on 11-16-18
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Not a bad summary
oy...lots of good books in the review. But...it kinda drags on. I think out if the summaries there are a few books that are worth a full read. Others are clearly less valuable if your looking for actionable ideas.
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