Billion-Dollar Lessons
What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years
$30.35
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
25 August 2009
Summary
“This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.”– Entrepreneur
In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost \(10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, "Fired? Hell, I spent \)10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”
There are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn. N…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781591842897 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1591842891 |
| Author: | Paul B. Carroll |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Portfolio |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 25 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 295g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 140mm |
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Critics Review
aThe Toronto Globe & Mailas #1 Best Business Book of the Yeara
aA fascinating study of business error and failureacouldnat be more timelya]“Billion-Dollar Lessons” is an insightful and crisply written booka
aDaniel Akst, “The Wall Street Journal”
aA worthwhile repository of wisdom.a
aRichard Pachter, “Miami Herald”
aAn indictment of the bold and chowderheaded.a
aLeigh Buchanan, “Inc. Magazine”
aWell-researched and thought-provoking.a
aMary Whaley, “Booklist”
aFun to reada]engaging.a
a”BizEd”
aA great read.a
aMarc Kramer, “The Evening Bulletin”
aA fascinating study of business error and failureacouldnat be more timelya]“Billion-Dollar Lessons” is an insightful and crisply written booka
aDaniel Akst, “The Wall Street Journal”
aA worthwhile repository of wisdom.a
aRichard Pachter, “Miami Herald”
aAn indictment of the bold and chowderheaded.a
aLeigh Buchanan, “Inc. Magazine”
aWell-researched and thought-provoking.a
aMary Whaley, “Booklist”
aFun to reada]engaging.a
a”BizEd”
aA great read.a
aMarc Kramer, “The Evening Bulletin”
About The Author
Paul B. Carroll
Paul B. Carroll wrote for The Wall Street Journal for seventeen years. He is the author of Big Blues. In 1997, he founded Context, the first “new economy” magazine. He is now a freelance writer and lives outside Sacramento, California.
Chunka Mui is the coauthor of the major business bestseller Unleashing the Killer App and a fellow at Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. He lectures and consults widely on strategy and innovation, and lives in Chicago, Illinois.
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