The benevolent dictator : empower your employees, build your business, and outwit the competition / Michael Feuer, with Dustin S. Klein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feuer, Michael J.

Contributor:

Klein, Dustin S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New business enterprises--Management.

New business enterprises.

Entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Empower your employees, build your business, and outwit the competition

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

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

Contents:

THE BENEVOLENT DICTATOR: EMPOWER YOUR EMPLOYEES BUILD YOUR BUSINESS AND OUTWIT THE COMPETITION; Contents; Author's Note; Phase One: Start-Up; 1 Lesson #1: To Successfully Launch a Start-Up, There Must Be a Benevolent Dictator; 2 Lesson #2: The Best Ideas Can Come from What's Right in Front of Your Nose; 3 Lesson #3: How to Find the Money to Make Big Money; 4 Lesson #4: Once an Entrepreneur, Always an Entrepreneur; 5 Lesson #5: It's Better to Be Lucky Than Just Good; 6 Lesson #6: ''GOYA''-The Only Way to Really Test an Idea

7 Lesson #7: Don't Underestimate the Power of Focus, Discipline, and Follow-Up8 Lesson #8: Competition Stinks; Phase Two: Build Out and Put the Idea to the Test; 9 Lesson #9: Business Is a Series of ''Go'' and ''No-Go'' Decisions; 10 Lesson #10: Treat an Idea Like Clay; 11 Lesson #11: Always Be Prepared with Plan B . . . And Sometimes C and D; 12 Lesson #12: You'll Never Reach Critical Goals without a Definitive Timetable; 13 Lesson #13: Never Be as Weak as Your Weakest Link; 14 Lesson #14: Raising Additional Capital Requires Creating Demand

15 Lesson #15: Everything You Wanted to Know about the ''D'' Word but Were Afraid to Ask16 Lesson #16: Managing People Is about Achieving Objectives through Others; 17 Lesson #17: Good Intentions Will Get You Only So Far; 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; Phase Three: Constant Reinvention; 19 Lesson #19: Pot Stirring 101-The Key to Continuous Reinvention; 20 Lesson #20: Is Perception Reality? How to Manage Risk, Take Chances, and Remain Standing

21 Lesson #21: How to Keep Lethargy at Bay . . . Or Why Time Is Your Most Precious Resource22 Lesson #22: How to Avoid Analysis Paralysis by Learning When to Make ''Battlefield'' Decisions; 23 Lesson #23: Don't Drink Your Own Bathwater-You Could Choke; 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; 25 Lesson #25: Using the ''Mother Rule'' Can Help You Avoid Costly Hiring Mistakes; 26 Lesson #26: When Communicating, Cut to the Chase; 27 Lesson #27: Survival Math-Business Is Not a Zero-Sum Game

28 Lesson #28: Manage by the Three Ps- Persistence, Perspiration, and Performance29 Lesson #29: You Can't Live with 'Em-How to Manage Prima Donnas, Employees Who Think ''It's Not Their Job,'' and the Perfectionists; 30 Lesson #30: The Golden Rule of Trust and Respect: You've Got to Give to Get; 31 Lesson #31: Why You Must Look at Business through the Customer's Eyes, Not Just from an Operator's Perspective; 32 Lesson #32: When It's Time to Pull the Trigger and Fire a Customer or a Vendor; 33 Lesson #33: Spurring Growth- How to Eat an Elephant One Bite at a Time

34 Lesson #34: If You Don't Like the Competition . . . Buy Them If You Can

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613098771

9781283098779

1283098776

9781118061527

1118061527

OCLC:

729629880