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Title: Crazy Is a Compliment

Subtitle: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags

Author: Linda Rottenberg

Narrator: Linda Rottenberg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-02-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 88 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of both The Lean Startup and Lean In, a manifesto about taking smart risks in pursuit of big dreams.

Linda Rottenberg has spent her career helping innovators think big. "If people aren't calling you crazy, you aren't thinking big enough," she says. These days taking chances isn't just for young college dropouts in hoodies. Whether you work at a Fortune 500 company, a non-profit, or a mom-and pop store, everybody needs to think and act like a changemaker. We all need to be nimble, adaptive, daring, and maybe even a little crazy, or risk being left behind.

But how do you take smart risks and still achieve big success? That's Rottenberg's expertise as the CEO and cofounder of Endeavor, the worlds leading organization devoted to identifying, mentoring, and investing in fast-growing businesses. Since 1997, Endeavor has screened 40,000 candidates and handpicked 1,000 entrepreneurs in 20 countries - then helped them take the crucial steps to grow their organizations and transform their communities. In 2012, Endeavor entrepreneurs generated six billion in revenues and provided 225,000 jobs.

Now Rottenberg draws on her unique experience to show how we can all take manageable steps to achieve our dreams. Crazy Is a Compliment offers a blend of inspiring stories and practical tools for getting started, going bigger, and integrating work and family. As she writes, "Since everybody has to take risks these days, we all need to be able to derisk risk."

Written with wisdom, wit, and passion, Crazy is a Compliment is a rallying cry for a new approach to business and a blueprint for personal change. The good news is that anybody can initiate those changes. "There are no admission criteria. There is no wardrobe requirement. There is no secret vote. Entrepreneurship is for everyone."

Members Reviews:

must read for any entrepreneur

loved the book! thanks linda. i highly recommend any entrepreneur to read this book. a lot of good stories

Brimming with stories!

An enjoyable book through and through! I love how Linda Rottenberg read it, enjoyed all the anecdotes she cited and appreciated all the the insights she shared. What a wonderfully comprehensive gift to entrepreneurs (and all readers). I will definitely come back to it again and again, and share her words of wisdom.

I have a newfound respect for Endeavor and hope to be an Endeavor entrepreneur one day. My kind of community development.

Awesome book...

Awesome book and great way to end with dedication to your daughters. I to believe you can have great success in business and run a successful household. Kudos to your success with Endeavor and with this book. I am a new big fan.

Very interesting & thought provoking

Very interesting & thought provoking

You will enjoy this book - history and what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Motivational. This is not a how to book- it provides real world examples & warns of vanity metrics.

Relatable and relevant

As a female entrepreneur this book was very relevant and structured in a way that's easy to relate to as she pulls from the well-known founders and brands to illustrate points. Highly recommend to all females in business.