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The self-made billionaire effect : how extreme producers create massive value / John Sviokla; Mitch Cohen

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: New York, NY : Portfolio/Penguin, c 2014Description: 245 SISBN:
  • 9781591847823
  • 9781591847632
  • 159184763X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.5 23
  • BUS085000 BUS041000
LOC classification:
  • HC79.W4
Summary: "There are about 800 self-made billionaires in the world today. What enables this elite group to create truly massive value, and what can the rest of us learn from them? John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen set out to answer this question with the first systematic study of 120 self-made billionaires, including extensive interviews with icons like Steve Case, Mark Cuban, and T. Boone Pickens, Jr. The authors conclude that self-made billionaires aren't necessarily smarter, harder working, or luckier than their peers. The key difference is what they call the "producer" mindset, in contrast to the far more common "performer" mindset. Performers strive to excel in well-defined areas, and they are essential to any company. But producers are even more valuable because they redefine what's possible, rather than simply meeting pre-existing goals and standards. Producers think up entirely new products, services, strategies, and business models, with dramatic results. This book offers fresh stories and insights into producers' habits of mind. It also provides corporate leaders with a new approach to selecting and managing breakthrough talent, and advice about innovation and value creation for aspiring leaders or entrepreneurs"--Summary: " Imagine what Atari might have achieved if Steve Jobs had stayed there to develop the first massmarket personal computer. Or what Steve Case might have done for PepsiCo if he hadn't left for a gaming start-up that eventually became AOL. What if Salomon Brothers had kept Michael Bloomberg, or Bear Stearns had exploited the inventive ideas of Stephen Ross? Scores of top-tier entrepreneurs worked for established corporations before they struck out on their own and became self-made billionaires. People like Mark Cuban, John Paul DeJoria, Sara Blakely, and T. Boone Pickens all built businesses-in some cases, multiple businesses-that are among today's most iconic brands. This fact raises two profound questions: Why couldn't their former employers hang on to to these extraordinarily talented people? And why are most big companies unable to create as much new value as the world's roughly 800 self-made billionaires? John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen decided to look more closely at self-made billionaires because creatingCall number: Grundsignatur: 2015 A 1431PPN: PPN: 810660458
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Item type Home library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Handbibliothek IRM Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich) 2015 A 1431 Checked out Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich 05.03.2035 51697268090
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