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Reality Check
- Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins
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Reality Check
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Publisher's Summary
In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"...then it's time for a reality check. How to get a standing ovation
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For nearly three decades, Kawasaki has earned a stellar reputation as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and irreverent pundit. His best seller The Art of the Start has become the most acclaimed bible for small business. And his blog is consistently among the 50 most popular in the world.
Now, Kawasaki has compiled his best wit, wisdom, and contrarian opinions in handy book form. From competition to customer service, innovation to marketing, he shows readers how to ignore fads and foolishness while sticking to commonsense practices. He explains, for instance:
Provocative, useful, and very funny, this straightforward book will show you why readers around the world love Guy Kawasaki.
©2008 Guy Kawasaki (P)2008 Tantor
What the critics say
"Guy Kawasaki shares the lessons behind the scars of his entrepreneurial adventures and the wisdom he's gained in the process." (Dr. Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life)
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