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Summaries of the 50 Best Business Books

Destination Innovation

This is the list of sections and book summaries: Alltime Classics How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie – 1936 Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – 1937 The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale – 1952 The One Minute Manager by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson – 1981 In Search of Excellence (..)

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Open Strategy: Mastering Disruption From Outside The C-Suite

Innov8rs

Innov8rs | Making strategy behind closed doors is a prescription for failure when disruptions are coming from all directions. Formulating and executing a sound organizational strategy is complex. Strategy is often made by elite teams and can thus be limited by their biases about competitors, customer needs, and market forces.

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How to Test the Viability of a Multi-sided Business Model

Leanstack

Last time, I showed you how to model a multi-sided business using a Lean Canvas. Friendster launched in 2002 and grew to 3 million users in two months. Facebook won on strategy, not vision. Before 2002, getting to 1 million active users within a year was a big deal. Here the derivative asset is the number of active users.

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The Entrepreneur with a Thousand Faces

Leanstack

I started my first company in 2002 around a big vision of connecting everyone on the planet, sparked by the “6 Degrees of Separation” concept — that all of us are connected by six people or less. Key Takeaways: Stealth is a really bad launch strategy.

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How to Nail Your Most Valuable Metrics Using the Customer Journey

Moves the Needle

You apply the 3 E’s of lean innovation , develop empathy, run rapid experiments, analyze evidence -- data + insights -- to find the right actions the business must do to illicit the behavior. Their messaging, circa Jan 25, 2002: "new all purpose, premium household cleaners that add elegance and sophistication to home and life."

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