[Outliers] Mary Kay Ash: The Greatest Saleswoman In History

My notes from Anna Wintour’s biography turned into maxims:
1. Hire talented people as found, not as needed.
2. Taste is as rare as a unicorn.
3.Your employees should describe you as “easy to understand.”
4.Pretend to be... See more

This is one of my favorite books I’ve read this year. Here’s my top 10 highlights from the book:
1. Narrow your focus to your most important dreams and tune out everything else.
2. The most important thing a CEO does is recruit superlative people.
3. An empty... See more
How do you build a $100M+ cult brand?
Ask Sophia Amoruso. Branding icon.
In this episode we go deep. Getting into how she built Nasty Gal from an eBay store into a $350M fashion powerhouse, bootstrapping to $28M in revenue, owning 80% at peak valuation (!!!), & crossing $100M in sales before... See more
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