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Book Summary: No Ordinary Disruption – The Four Global Forces Breaking All the Trends

People often compare the technology-driven disruption of today’s global economy to the Industrial Revolution, but really, the Industrial Revolution pales in comparison to what is happening today. Today’s far-reaching disruption is driven by four forces that are moving quickly to transform markets on a massive scale. In No Ordinary Disruption, three directors of the McKinsey …

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Book Summary: The Lean Startup – How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

“As an engineer and later as a manager, I was accustomed to measuring progress by making sure our work proceeded according to plan, was high quality, and cost about what we had projected. After many years as an entrepreneur, I started to worry about measuring progress in this way. What if we found ourselves building …

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Book Summary: Blue Ocean Strategy – How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make Competition Irrelevant

Blue Ocean Strategy (2004) is a business classic that revolutionized the way companies think about market competition. It explains why some businesses can grow uncontested, while the rest tear each other to bits in a hypercompetitive environment. “The only way to beat the competition is to stop trying to beat the competition.” – Blue Ocean …

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Book Summary: Good to Great – Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t

Good to Great (2011) presents the findings of a five-year study by Jim Collins and his research team. They identified public companies that had achieved enduring success after years of mediocre performance and isolated the factors that differentiated those companies from their lackluster competitors. These factors have been distilled into key concepts regarding leadership, culture, …

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Book Summary: The Prepared Leader – Emerge from Any Crisis More Resilient Than Before

The Prepared Leader (2022) is a guidebook for those seeking insights on how to manage and persevere through a crisis. One thing is certain: it won’t be long before another crisis hits. The Prepared Leader shows how you can be ready and successful in weathering the next storm.

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Book Summary: Build – An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making

Build (2022) is a self-styled “mentor in a box” – an encyclopedia of business advice about everything from getting a job and managing a team to telling a story around your product and being a successful CEO. A mentor is an absolute must-have for anyone who aspires to start and run a business – but …

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Book Summary: The Self-Made Billionaire Effect – How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value

Has The Self-Made Billionaire Effect by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen been sitting on your reading list? Pick up the key ideas in the book with this quick summary. The prevailing wisdom is that self-made billionaires are geniuses who never sleep, got extremely lucky, and made it big at a young age. In reality, they …

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Book Summary: The Unfair Advantage – How Startup Success Starts With You

The Unfair Advantage (2020) demonstrates how we all have something that can catapult us to success. Drawing on their extensive experience in the start-up world, co-authors Ash Ali and Hasan Kubba break down various personal advantages and how they can be leveraged for the benefit of your business. Wherever you are on your start-up journey, …

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