“This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.” —Entrepreneur
In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”
There are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn. Now Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 flameouts to reveal the seven biggest reasons for business failure.
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"Amazing book. Makes the business failures in my first book look like mere pittances. Not merely statistics; great stories and quotes from people involved in massive failures such as Motorola's Iridium. " — Phil (5 out of 5 stars)
"Amazing book. Makes the business failures in my first book look like mere pittances. Not merely statistics; great stories and quotes from people involved in massive failures such as Motorola's Iridium. "
" I only read it because it covered the Iridium story (which I played a bit part in). The rest of the stories were interesting, but the Iridium chapter disappointed. There was SO much more stupidity! "
" Amazing book. Makes the business failures in my first book look like mere pittances. Not merely statistics; great stories and quotes from people involved in massive failures such as Motorola's Iridium. "
" Eh, interesting topic and stories. Sadly repetitive. The book is interesting but not engaging. I gave up after 4 chapters. "
" Some interesting case studies...but nothing remarkable. "
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