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Publisher's Summary
Every entrepreneur knows that quick decision-making is a vital part of success. But when you find yourself at a difficult crossroads, the right choice may not be obvious. In those moments, a push in the right direction can be just what you need to get moving again.
During the 1,000 maddening days he spent in Silicon Valley, Brian Friedman found himself facing difficult decisions every day in the first few months of his start-up. He was in uncharted waters and didn't always know which direction to swim, but thankfully he had access to some of the most successful entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors in the world. With their help, Brian made some gutsy calls in those early days, though sometimes not fast enough.
In Takeaways: Secret Truths from Leading a Startup, Brian gives you the tools to make the right decisions quickly in your business. This audiobook covers the entire life cycle of a start-up, from growth and culture to operations and exit strategies. No matter how long you've been in business, Brian's advice can help point you in the right direction.
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Good solid information
This is a great book full of real information for people considering or already struggling to get a business off the ground. It gives first-hand information and not just a "this is what you should do" (although I don't have experience with this myself) advice. It is very easy to listen to and covers a wide range of business related topics. I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator..
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We're in the midst of a revolution. Quantum leaps in technology are enabling organizations to observe and measure people's behavior in real time, communicate internally at extraordinary speed, and innovate continuously. These new, software-driven technologies are transforming the way companies interact with their customers, employees, and other stakeholders.
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Must listen for anyone going into Product
- By Adrian on 08-21-20
By: Jeff Gothelf, and others
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Chief Marketing Officers at Work
- By: Josh Steimle
- Narrated by: DJ Holte
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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This book provides a fly-on-the-wall perspective on what it's like to be a CMO and will help C-level executives, agency owners, marketing team members, and others who interface and collaborate with marketing departments to understand how marketing drives growth at both startup and enterprise levels, and how marketing has moved from art to science. Trends in digital marketing, analytics, and marketing automation have pushed marketing to adopt data-driven approaches that would make a CFO's head swim.
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Eye Opening and Helpful
- By Mike on 04-26-17
By: Josh Steimle
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Blitzscaling
- The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies
- By: Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh, Bill Gates - foreword
- Narrated by: Chris Yeh, Reid Hoffman
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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What entrepreneur or founder doesn't aspire to build the next Amazon, Facebook, or Airbnb? Yet those who actually manage to do so are exceedingly rare. So what separates the start-ups that get disrupted and disappear from the ones who grow to become global giants? The secret is blitzscaling: a set of techniques for scaling up at a dizzying pace that blows competitors out of the water.
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not much here.
- By Francis Shanahan on 09-05-19
By: Reid Hoffman, and others
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Shortcut Your Startup
- Speed Up Success with Unconventional Advice from the Trenches
- By: Carter Reum, Courtney Reum
- Narrated by: Carter Reum
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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Courtney and Carter Reum have years of experience in the field, from investing in over 130 companies, including Lyft, Pinterest, Warby Parker, and ClassPass, to driving the success of their own liquor brand, VEEV Spirits. The Reum brothers have learned from every triumph and tribulation and over the years have developed an effective and easy-to-understand guide to help entrepreneurs through the startup journey from inception to sale.
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A must read for start ups
- By Dave on 02-09-18
By: Carter Reum, and others
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Think Like Amazon
- 50 1/2 Ideas to Become a Digital Leader
- By: John Rossman
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings, John Rossman
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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“What would Jeff do?” Since leaving Amazon to advise start-ups and corporations, John Rossman has been asked this question countless times by executives who want to know “the secret” behind Amazon’s historic success. In this step-by-step guide, he provides 50½ answers drawn from his experience as an Amazon executive - and shows today’s business leaders how to think like Amazon, strategize like Bezos, and beat the competition like nobody’s business.
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A must read if you really want to innovate like Amazon
- By Darius V. on 05-19-19
By: John Rossman
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New to Big
- How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth
- By: David Kidder, Christina Wallace
- Narrated by: Christina Wallace, David Kidder
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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Serial entrepreneurs David Kidder and Christina Wallace reveal their revolutionary playbook for igniting growth inside established companies.
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Good for innovation managers in big companis
- By Milas on 09-24-19
By: David Kidder, and others
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Startup Opportunities
- Know When to Quit Your Day Job
- By: Sean Wise, Brad Feld
- Narrated by: Sean Wise
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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This year, more than five million entrepreneurs will launch new ventures. Many of them believe they have the Next Big Thing. But very few startups live to see five years, and even fewer make it to 10. Even fewer still go on to become global success stories. This audiobook is a practical guide to evaluating your business idea and a must-listen for all aspiring entrepreneurs.
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Great Info - Monotone Performance
- By Amazon Customer on 07-23-16
By: Sean Wise, and others
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Loved
- How to Rethink Marketing for Tech Products
- By: Martina Lauchengco
- Narrated by: Martina Lauchengco
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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The best products can still lose in the marketplace. Why? They are beaten by stronger product marketing. Yet, product marketing is widely misunderstood. It includes segmenting and targeting customers, positioning products vs. alternatives, creating product collateral, and supporting sales teams. But great product marketing achieves much more: it identifies the best way to bring your product to market, accelerates your product's ability to penetrate markets over time, shapes what the world thinks about your product and your category, and inspires customers to tell your product's story.
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nothing special
- By KwikC on 04-03-23
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The Customer Success Professional's Handbook
- How to Thrive in One of the World’s Fastest Growing Careers - While Driving Growth for Your Company
- By: Ashvin Vaidyanathan, Ruben Rabago
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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The Customer Success Manager has become a critical asset to organizations across the business landscape. As the subscription model has spread from the cloud and SaaS to more sectors of the economy, that pivotal role will only grow in importance. That's because if you want to compete and thrive in this new environment, you need to put the customer at the center of your strategy. You need to recognize you're no longer selling just a product. You're selling an outcome.
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Great content!! Narrating sounds like a computer
- By Lydia on 06-01-22
By: Ashvin Vaidyanathan, and others
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Exponential Organizations
- New Organizations Are Ten Times Better, Faster, and Cheaper Than Yours (and What to Do About It)
- By: Salim Ismail, Yuri van Geest, Michael S. Malone, and others
- Narrated by: Kevin Young
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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In business, performance is key. In performance, how you organize can be the key to growth. In the past five years, the business world has seen the birth of a new breed of company - the Exponential Organization - that has revolutionized how a company can accelerate its growth by using technology.
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Not a revelation
- By A. Yoshida on 01-24-16
By: Salim Ismail, and others
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Do More Faster
- TechStars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
- By: Brad Feld, David Cohen
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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It is a cold, hard fact of business life that most startups fail. Even many of those entrepreneurs who ultimately succeed have stories of personal challenges, unsuccessful companies, and difficulties along the way. The founders of TechStars, a mentorship-driven startup accelerator, have worked with entrepreneurs and companies over the past twenty-five years, and have seen a number of the same issues come up again and again.
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Not worth the time
- By Rick on 01-30-14
By: Brad Feld, and others
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Be the Business
- CIOs in the New Era of IT
- By: Martha Heller
- Narrated by: Martha Heller
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
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Remember the '70s? Way back then, IT was a mainframe that sat in some room and only a few people had a key. Flash forward a decade, and IT was a limited set of systems irrelevant to the vast majority of employees and customers. But today, all of the sudden, technology belongs to everyone. Because of the suddenness of this revolution in technology adoption, most IT organizations have not had enough time to evolve into a "comfortable integration" with the rest of the company.
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Collaboration is Essential
- By craacken on 04-25-18
By: Martha Heller