Business Strategy

Extreme success, by definition, lies beyond the realm of normal action. If you want to achieve extreme success, you can’t operate like everybody else and settle for mediocrity. You need to remove luck and chance from your business equation, and lock in massive success. The 10X Rule shows you how!

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Algorithms, machine learning, generative AI. With the latest advancements in technology, data is taking center stage in organizations. But without a clear plan for how you're storing, integrating, and gaining value from that information, your company will be at risk—and fall behind. If you read (or listen to) nothing else on setting a data strategy in your organization, listen to these ten articles.

The Shibumi Strategy is a little book about a big breakthrough. It tells the story of a hardworking family man who finds himself in crisis when his company closes. Through his struggle, and guidance from unlikely sources, he learns subtle lessons in the form of "personal zen" principles, coming to understand that it is often the involuntary challenge, the setbacks, that harbor the power to transform. When approached as an opportunity - no easy task when simple survival is the first order of business - unforeseen trials can sometimes result in an altogether new lease on life.

Visionaries like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have demonstrated the power of reimagining what's possible. Now, this transformative new guide taps into the mindsets and strategies of today's boldest innovators - showing you how to challenge assumptions, unlock creative breakthroughs, and execute world-changing visions.

Fairness is a sales pitch. Transparency is theater. And loyalty? That’s what people cling to when they’ve already lost. Machiavelli, Inc is not a guide for the idealist. It’s for the operator—those who understand that business isn’t a community potluck. It’s a war of attrition dressed up as a networking brunch. Drawing from Machiavellian principles and fortified with contemporary corporate tactics, this book delivers a hard strategy for those serious about domination, not just survival. From weaponizing patience and incentivizing betrayal, to rewriting the rules mid-play and ...

Our Iceberg Is Melting is a simple fable about doing well in an ever-changing world. Based on the award-winning work of Harvard's John Kotter, it is a story that has been used to help thousands of people and organizations. The fable is about a penguin colony in Antarctica. A group of beautiful emperor penguins live as they have for many years. Then one curious bird discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home - and pretty much no one listens to him.

I have created 30 prompts which will take you from creating a name for your business all the way to launching it, promoting it and testing your efforts. Once you have gone through all the prompts you will have a complete product with a promotional plan. So although these prompts are for a physical product, they can be applied to any product, digital or physical. Or if you already have a product you can apply these prompts to the product to create a perfect description and/or sales pitch The possibilities are endless

Will Guidara was twenty-six when he took the helm of Eleven Madison Park, a struggling two-star brasserie that had never quite lived up to its majestic room. Eleven years later, EMP was named the best restaurant in the world. How did Guidara pull off this unprecedented transformation? Radical reinvention, a true partnership between the kitchen and the dining room—and memorable, over-the-top, bespoke hospitality.

For more than 40 years, The Boston Consulting Group has been shaping strategic thinking in business. The Boston Consulting Group on Strategy offers a broad and up-to-date selection of the firm's best ideas on strategy with fresh ideas, insights, and practical lessons for managers, executives, and entrepreneurs in every industry. Here's a sampling of the provocative thinking you'll find inside.

Unlike traditional marketing mediums, social media doesn’t swallow a huge chunk of your advertising and promotion budget. You don’t need to create cost-intensive and ineffectual marketing plans that leave you broke. All you need is some creativity, perceptiveness, and an intuitive understanding about your audience’s needs. More than sharp business acumen, you need a human touch. Social media gives your brand a human angle without breaking the bank.

Stop explaining yourself. Stop managing other people’s comfort. Stop tolerating what should never have been allowed. Never Tolerate Disrespect isn’t a self-help book. It’s a field manual for anyone who’s done being polite about being disrespected. With ruthless clarity and cold precision, this book strips away the sentimental noise around boundary-setting and replaces it with a strategy—one that doesn’t require yelling, overexplaining, or approval. Built on psychological realism and social pattern recognition, each chapter delivers blunt, unsentimental guidance for how to freeze...

Is it truly possible to make a great living without a boss breathing down your neck? You can find the answers to this and more in the pages of this book. From basic terminology, to the bidding process, to getting your contracting business off the ground and truly thriving, I'll walk you step-by-step through the often overwhelming process of getting government work. In today's world, there's just no excuse to live your life paycheck-to-paycheck locked in a cubicle. I'll show you how to break out of that grayscale life and into a life with opportunity in the world of government contracting. ...

Ever felt the thrill of a brilliant business idea only to slam into the brick wall of risk and uncertainty? You're not alone. Even giants like Elon Musk and Warren Buffett faced the same daunting question at some point: "Is it worth the risk?" The old business model would have you jump through hoops of fire, risk losing money and time, often only to hit a dead end. But those days are gone. Today, the smartest business owners on the planet know that financial growth doesn't have to be a roll of the dice. Are you ready to step into this new paradigm?

In "11 Things You Absolutely Need to Know About Selling Your Business" John F. Dini, serial entrepreneur, successful business broker, coach and consultant to thousands of business owners, takes you step-by-step through the process of selling your company. John's frank and open style, developed through years of "straight from the shoulder" conversations with entrepreneurs, gives you the tools you need to prepare, market, and sell your business at the best price. Completely updated and illustrated with real-life stories from John's own experience, this second edition of "11 Things You ...

What does it take for a business owner to be happy after leaving the business? Multiple surveys show that a majority of owners have regrets a year after leaving their businesses. After the initial “vacation period” of travel and recreation, too often they find themselves adrift without their companies. They lack the activity, purpose and identity that their businesses provided. The Exit Planning Coach Handbook is a guide for advisors to business owners. We believe that entrepreneurs need to move forward towards exciting goals. That is what made them successful in the first place, and ...

In Project Zero Trust: A Story About a Strategy for Aligning Security and the Business, George Finney, chief security officer at Southern Methodist University, delivers an insightful and practical discussion of Zero Trust implementation. Presented in the form of a fictional narrative involving a breach at a company, the book tracks the actions of the company's new IT security director. Listeners will learn John Kindervag's 5-Step methodology for implementing Zero Trust, the four Zero Trust design principles, and how to limit the impact of a breach.

Write a foolproof business plan that will set your budding business on the road to success from the get-go. When you set out on a road trip, do you leave the map behind? Do you decide to just wing it and see where you end up? You can use Writing a Business Plan Made Simple for Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs as your guide. With a comprehensive breakdown of everything you need in a stellar business plan, this audiobook is your one-stop guide whether you’re a first-time entrepreneur or experienced business owner.

In this book, Nicolaj Siggelkow and Christian Terwiesch reveal the emergence of connected strategies as a new source of competitive advantage. With in-depth examples from companies operating in various industries, Connected Strategy identifies the four pathways - respond-to-desire, curated offering, coach behavior, and automatic execution - for turning episodic interactions into continuous relationships. The authors show how each pathway creates a competitive advantage, then guide you through the critical decisions for creating and implementing your own connected strategies.

Struggling to make sense of financial statements? Feeling overwhelmed by the numbers and unsure how to gauge the health of your business? Financial Statements ASAP is your roadmap to financial clarity. With renowned finance expert John Cousins as your guide, you'll learn to decipher balance sheets and income statements with confidence. Through relatable examples and straightforward explanations, Cousins breaks down complex financial concepts—empowering entrepreneurs, managers, and investors alike with practical tools to both measure the performance of a business, and make sound decisions....