Billion Dollar Lessons » Awards http://www.billiondollarlessons.com Lessons from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:39:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Another Best of 2008 award — This time from CIO Insight http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/196 http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/196#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:16:40 +0000 export http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/?p=196 CIO Insight Magazine named Billion-Dollar Lessons one of the top 10 business-tech books of 2008. This award follows similar recognition from several other prestigious publications. The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, named Billion-Dollar Lessons the #1 business book of 2008. Inc. Magazine named it one of the best books for business owners in 2008.]]> CIO Insight Magazine named Billion-Dollar Lessons one of the top 10 business-tech books of 2008.

This award follows similar recognition from several other prestigious publications.  The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper, named Billion-Dollar Lessons the #1 business book of 2008.  Inc. Magazine named it one of the best books for business owners in 2008.

]]> http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/196/feed 0 Inc. Magazine: Best Books for Business Owners, 2008 http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/182 http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/182#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:50:43 +0000 export http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/?p=182 Best Books of 2008Inc. Magazine names Billion Dollar Lessons one of the best books for business owners in 2008. "Success is inspirational; disaster is educational. Billion Dollar Lessons offers an exhaustive curriculum on how not to run a company. This is a great book for decision-makers anxious to eliminate their own vulnerabilities."]]> Best Books of 2008Inc. Magazine names Billion Dollar Lessons one of the best books for business owners in 2008.

“Success is inspirational; disaster is educational. Billion Dollar Lessons offers an exhaustive curriculum on how not to run a company. This is a great book for decision-makers anxious to eliminate their own vulnerabilities.”

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]]> http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/182/feed 5 The Globe and Mail: “Billion-Dollar Lessons” is #1 Business Book of 2008 http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/178 http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/178#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:08:35 +0000 export http://www.billiondollarlessons.com/?p=178 Billion-Dollar Lessons has been named the best business book of the 2008 in The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper! Best of the best: intelligent, clear, filled with advice The authors' study of colossal business failure found that strategy was invariably the cause. They pinpoint seven popular strategies that can lead a company off the rails: Foolhardy pursuit of synergy, financial engineering, rollups of mom and pop operations, steadfastly refusing to switch from a misguided course, moving into an adjacent market, riding the wrong new technology, and consolidation. The list is a catalogue of strategies that companies are routinely urged to follow and that can work - but also can lead to disaster. The authors provide sobering examples of failed companies as well as tough questions to ask when considering any of these strategies. ]]> Billion-Dollar Lessons has been named the best business book of 2008 in The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper!


Best of the best: intelligent, clear, filled with advice

HARVEY SCHACHTER
Special to The Globe and Mail; harvey@harveyschachter.com
December 17, 2008

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#1 — Billion Dollar Lessons

by Paul Carroll and and Chunka Mui (Portfolio)

The authors’ study of colossal business failure found that strategy was invariably the cause. They pinpoint seven popular strategies that can lead a company off the rails: Foolhardy pursuit of synergy, financial engineering, rollups of mom and pop operations, steadfastly refusing to switch from a misguided course, moving into an adjacent market, riding the wrong new technology, and consolidation. The list is a catalogue of strategies that companies are routinely urged to follow and that can work – but also can lead to disaster. The authors provide sobering examples of failed companies as well as tough questions to ask when considering any of these strategies.

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081217.CABOOKS17/TPStory/Business

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