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NORM BRODSKY’S TEN COMMANDMENTS OF BUSINESS 1. Numbers run a business. If you don’t know how to read them, you’re flying blind. 2. Cash is hard to get and easy to spend. Make it before you spend it. 3. Don’t focus on the top line. Gross margin is the most important number on the income statement. 4. A sale isn’t a sale until you collect. 5. When
... See moreBo Burlingham • Street Smarts
Gordon Forward, CEO of Chapparal Steel, introduced a Townsendian “management by adultery” (a previously X-rated concept in which Forward treated his employees like adults and then got out of the way as they set productivity records);
Robert C. Townsend • Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren Bennis Series)
extraordinary management. And these management skills extend
equally to operations and employment of corporate capital. To
purchase, directly, properties such as Capital Cities owns would
cost in the area of twice our cost of purchase via the stock
market, and direct ownership would offer... See more
Chairman's Letter - 1977
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
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“All people are entrepreneurs, but many don’t have the opportunity to find that out.”
Michael W. Preis • 101 Things I Learned® in Business School (Second Edition)
The PayPal Wars: Battles with eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest of Planet Earth
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software firm offered cloud software for businesses at an extremely low monthly fee of $19.90 per workstation. The price for the comparable competitive product stood at more than $100. Several months after the launch, the company’s CEO told me that “small businesses are really excited about our prices. For the first time, they can afford this kind
... See moreHermann Simon • Confessions of the Pricing Man: How Price Affects Everything
