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PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-101119089743

ISBN-139781119089742

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Book TitleBenevolent Dictator : Empower Your Employees, Build Your Business, and Outwit the Competition

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEntrepreneurship

Publication Year2011

IllustratorYes

GenreBusiness & Economics

AuthorMichael Feuer

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Table Of ContentAuthor's Note xi Phase One Start-Up 1 1. Lesson #1: To Successfully Launch a Start-Up, There Must Be a Benevolent Dictator 3 2. Lesson #2: The Best Ideas Can Come from What's Right in Front of Your Nose 11 3. Lesson #3: How to Find the Money to Make Big Money 18 4. Lesson #4: Once an Entrepreneur, Always an Entrepreneur 22 5. Lesson #5: It's Better to Be Lucky Than Just Good 25 6. Lesson #6: "GOYA"--The Only Way to Really Test an Idea 29 7. Lesson #7: Don't Underestimate the Power of Focus, Discipline, and Follow-Up 35 8. Lesson #8: Competition Stinks 39 Phase Two Build Out and Put the Idea to the Test 43 9. Lesson #9: Business Is a Series of "Go" and "No-Go" Decisions 45 10. Lesson #10: Treat an Idea Like Clay 53 11. Lesson #11: Always Be Prepared with Plan B . . . And Sometimes C and D 59 12. Lesson #12: You'll Never Reach Critical Goals without a Definitive Timetable 66 13. Lesson #13: Never Be as Weak as Your Weakest Link 70 14. Lesson #14: Raising Additional Capital Requires Creating Demand 74 15. Lesson #15: Everything You Wanted to Know about the "D" Word but Were Afraid to Ask 82 16. Lesson #16: Managing People Is about Achieving Objectives through Others 87 17. Lesson #17: Good Intentions Will Get You Only So Far 95 18. Lesson #18: Don't Open the Doors until the Start-Up Passes the Smell Test--And Don't Be Afraid to Call Time-Out Just to Be Sure 101 Phase Three Constant Reinvention 107 19. Lesson #19: Pot Stirring 101--The Key to Continuous Reinvention 109 20. Lesson #20: Is Perception Reality? How to Manage Risk, Take Chances, and Remain Standing 115 21. Lesson #21: How to Keep Lethargy at Bay . . . Or Why Time Is Your Most Precious Resource 122 22. Lesson #22: How to Avoid Analysis Paralysis by Learning When to Make "Battlefield" Decisions 128 23. Lesson #23: Don't Drink Your Own Bathwater--You Could Choke 135 24. Lesson #24: When the Wolf's at the Door, What You Do Can Make the Difference between Living to Fight Another Day and Going Down for the Count 140 25. Lesson #25: Using the "Mother Rule" Can Help You Avoid Costly Hiring Mistakes 148 26. Lesson #26: When Communicating, Cut to the Chase 153 27. Lesson #27: Survival Math--Business Is Not a Zero-Sum Game 160 28. Lesson #28: Manage by the Three Ps--Persistence, Perspiration, and Performance 165 29. Lesson #29: You Can't Live with "Em--How to Manage Prima Donnas, Employees Who Think It's Not Their Job," and the Perfectionists 170 30. Lesson #30: The Golden Rule of Trust and Respect: You've Got to Give to Get 175 31. Lesson #31: Why You Must Look at Business through the Customer's Eyes, Not Just from an Operator's Perspective 182 32. Lesson #32: When It's Time to Pull the Trigger and Fire a Customer or a Vendor 188 33. Lesson #33: Spurring Growth--How to Eat an Elephant One Bite at a Time 194 34. Lesson #34: If You Don't Like the Competition . . . Buy Them If You Can 199 35. Lesson #35: The Easiest Path to Hypergrowth Is with Other People's Money 204 36. Lesson #36: Beating the Competition Requires That You Know More about Their Vulnerabilities Than They Know about Themselves . . . And Knowing Yourself Better Than They Know You 210 37. Lesson #37: If You Negotiate with Yourself, You Have a Fool for an Opponent 217 Phase Four The Payday 223 38. Lesson #38: Payday . . . And Lessons from the IPO Road Show 225 39. Lesson #39: If the Flame Starts Flickering: How to Tell If the Fat Lady Is About to Sing 234 40. Lesson #40: How to Put Lightning Back in the Bottle Again and Again--Many Entrepreneurs Are Serial Entrepreneurs 242 Epilogue 253 Index 255

Synopsis"An unconventional philosophy for starting and building a business that exceeds your own expectations What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators'able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. In more than 52 specific leadership lessons, The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet. Learn critical specifics on how to move from idea development to build-out, through steps for continuous improvement, and on to the big cash out. Features proven tools, strategies, and tactics that will help you bottle entrepreneurial lightning over and over again. As the cofounder of office retail giant OfficeMax, the author turned a $3 million investment into a $1.5 billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy. For those times when you need an iron hand, then you also need the wisdom to know when and how to use it. Whether you're a business student, aspiring entrepreneur, or a practicing executive, you need to discover the winning ways of The Benevolent Dictator."--, An unconventional philosophy for starting and building a business that exceeds your own expectations What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators--able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. The Benevolent Dictator gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet. Learn critical specifics on how to move from idea development to build-out, through steps for continuous improvement, and on to the big cash out Features proven tools, strategies, and tactics that will help you bottle entrepreneurial lightning over and over again As the cofounder of office retail giant OfficeMax, the author turned a $3 million investment into a $1.5 billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy. For those times when you need an iron hand, then you also need the wisdom to know when and how to use it. Whether you're a business student, aspiring entrepreneur, or a practicing executive, you need to discover the winning ways of The Benevolent Dictator., An unconventional philosophy for starting and building a business that exceeds your own expectations What does it require to take a concept rapidly and effectively from mind to market? The Benevolent Dictator recognizes that entrepreneurship is a gauntlet. Those who succeed are benevolent dictators--able to make the intricate process happen in days, weeks and months to win. "The Benevolent Dictator" gives you no-nonsense how-to advice and examples that have worked. This non-traditional, gung-ho guide is not afraid to lay out the leadership methods that can effectively get a new business off the ground, and through the requisite fast-track growth phases that produce tangible success measured by your bottom line and your wallet.Learn critical specifics on how to move from idea development to build-out, through steps for continuous improvement, and on to the big cash outFeatures proven tools, strategies, and tactics that will help you bottle entrepreneurial lightning over and over againAs the cofounder of office retail giant OfficeMax, the author turned a $3 million investment into a $1.5 billion sale in his 16 years as CEO Beating the competition is never easy. For those times when you need an iron hand, then you also need the wisdom to know when and how to use it. Whether you're a business student, aspiring entrepreneur, or a practicing executive, you need to discover the winning ways of The Benevolent Dictator.

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