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Title: The Art of the Start

Subtitle: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Author: Guy Kawasaki

Narrator: Paul Boehmer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-13-09

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 436 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

The Art of the Start will give you the essential steps to launch great products, services, and companies - whether you are dreaming of starting the next Microsoft or a not-for-profit that's going to change the world. It also shows managers how to unleash entrepreneurial thinking at established companies, helping them foster the pluck and creativity that their businesses need to stay ahead of the pack.

Kawasaki provides readers with GIST - Great Ideas for Starting Things - including his field-tested insider's techniques for bootstrapping, branding, networking, recruiting, pitching, rainmaking, and, most important in this fickle consumer climate, building buzz.

At Apple, Kawasaki helped turn ordinary customers into fanatics. As founder and CEO of Garage Technology Ventures, he has tested his iconoclastic ideas on real-world start-ups. And as an irrepressible columnist for Forbes, he has honed his best thinking about The Art of the Start.

Critic Reviews:

"Kawasaki covers the basics in an effectively casual tone." (Publishers Weekly)

"His newest work addresses entrepreneurs who want to grow beyond being a company of one as well as innovators who work for large companies." (Library Journal)

Members Reviews:

Great Content - Punishing Narration

Kawasaki's principles are fantastic. I went out and bought the book, perhaps a better format with all the lists and references. But, was the narrator a real person or was it text-to-speech software? That perfectly dispassionate monotone actually sounded computer-generated. Impossible to enjoy.

Good, but still a guy's opinion.

The ideal reader of this book would be someone thinking of beginning a startup. It's not just for anyone, and it's not about "starting anything" like the tagline says. The book is full of nuggets of advice, with a no-nonsense, confident delivery, and a touch of sense of humor. I think Guy Kawasaki is legit, and you get a sense that he really has "been there" and is just giving you all the advice he can give. Audio format is probably not the best for this book, since there is a lot of tabulated content that starts sounding very tedious after a while. I did enjoy the part on "how to hire someone" and the concept of bootstrapping a company. A lot of misconceptions get clarified, and it gives a good idea of the attitude and expectations one should have when starting a business venture.

I wish Guy Kawasaki narrated this book

The book is full of good startup/entrepreneurial advice, but it loses some of its impact without Kawasaki's presentation style. The narrator is OK, but not nearly dynamic enough for the topic. There are several of Kawasaki's presentations on YouTube so if you haven't heard him talk, check out the videos before you buy this book. If you like the videos, the book is just more of that. If you don't like the videos, you won't like the book.

great book, robot voice actor

This has some really amazing information in it from someone who apparently knows what he is talking about.

The voice actor/robot almost destroys about 20% of the content by not speaking like a human. There is one chapter that I still don't understand at all. It sounds like a bunch of words being read off a spec sheet as if they were structured in a paragraph.

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Title: Billion Dollar Lessons

Subtitle: Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures

Author: Paul B. Carroll, Chunka Mui

Narrator: Jim Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-11-08

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 123 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

In Billion Dollar Lessons, Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 business failures to reveal the misguided tactics that mire companies over and over. There are thousands of books about successful companies, but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn.

Members Reviews:

Predictions are Hard - Especially about the Future

Think "Predictions are Hard - Especially about the Future" is is a Yogi Berra quote? Actually, it's first (but disputably) attributed to Nobel-prize winning physicist Niels Bohr (1885 - 1965) used by authors Paul B. Carroll, Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui in their 2009 business and economics book, "Billion-Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years."

"Billion-Dollar Lessons" is a compendium of MBA-level case studies of abject, huge failures - like Kodak"s failure to recognize digital technology and cameras would make its products and services as obsolete as the Pony Express. Rather than adapt to a new reality, Kodak convinced itself that the threat wasn't real - and its shareholders suffered. This book discusses the individual psychological factors and group think that caused Kodak, collectively, to let itself be pushed off the proverbial cliff.

This book relies heavily on quotes from Berkshire-Hathaway's Warren Buffet. The quotes are anecdotally on point, but could have taken it much further. For example, in Part I, the authors discuss how the benefits and cost savings of synergy, or adjacent acquisition, only work about 1/3 of the time. (Translation for the NOT prematurely grey: When I was in undergraduate B-school in the 1980's, the terms were. 'vertical integration' or 'horizontal integration', and the success rate was about the same). Berkshire- Hathaway's holdings run independently of each other, and Carroll and Mui don't contrast Buffet's success with the many failures the authors found late in the 20th century and at the beginning of the 21st. Sure, Helzberg Diamonds might be romantic - but they aren't selling See's Candy.

A more apt Bohr quote, given the topic, is "An expert is a person who has found out by his own painful experience all the mistakes that one can make in a very narrow field."

As quoted by Edward Teller, in Dr. Edward Teller's Magnificent Obsession by Robert Coughlan, in LIFE magazine (6 September 1954), p. 62.

The narration - well, as much as I am fascinated by the topic, and as well organized as the book is - was a sure fire way to put me to sleep in 15 minutes or less. I know, because I use the Audible timer, and invariably had to rewind to where I drifted off.

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Great lessons to learn

This is surely one of the memorable books I have read. The analysis goes into different levels and tracks real lessons from these misfortunes. Although I would argue that some of the assumptions for losses were too simplified, I find it interesting and logical reasons that surely assist in the fall of these companies.

A great read for the business minded and not to miss.

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Title: Design Thinking (Harvard Business Review)

Author: Tim Brown, Harvard Business Review

Narrator: Todd Mundt

Format: Unabridged

Length: 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-10-08

Publisher: Harvard Business School Publishing

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 178 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

This article was first published in the June 2008 issue of Harvard Business Review.

Members Reviews:

Mind opening

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. It is short but it gives a few good examples of how incorporating design thinking into the product development process up front vs. at the end made all the difference. Its been my experience and, from what I can tell, the experience of the overwhelming percentage of inventors and product developers to try to solve a problem before understanding what the market sees as the real problem. That leads to small ideas with narrow if any markets.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Design Thinking (Harvard Business Review)?

The examples were eye opening. They gave me a great feel for what "Design Thinking" really means and how its invaluable.

Have you listened to any of Todd Mundts other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

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Title: What Makes an Effective Executive

Author: Peter F Drucker

Narrator: Bill DeWees

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-25-08

Publisher: Simply Media

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 364 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

An effective executive does not need to be a leader in the sense that the term is now most commonly used. Harry Truman did not have one ounce of charisma, for example, yet he was among the most effective chief executives in U.S. history. Similarly, some of the best business and nonprofit CEOs Drucker has worked with over his 65-year consulting career were not stereotypical leaders. They were all over the map in terms of their personalities, attitudes, values, strengths, and weaknesses. They ranged from extroverted to nearly reclusive, from easygoing to controlling, from generous to parsimonious.

What made them all effective is that they followed the same eight practices:

Members Reviews:

One of Drucker's best

Drucker describes extremely clearly what effective executives all have in common. And he iterates that regardless of your personality traits, you can still run a successful company if you are an effective leader with strong leadership skills. He talks about what those skills are without a bunch of motivational fluff you see in other books. Everything in this book is valuable.

Classic

Not only applicable in business world. Can be applied just as easily to personal life/marriage. 10/10.

Best leadership advice ever recorded

I listen to this short recording once a month to keep me on track as I run my company.

Great ideas

...but not as inspirational as I would hoped. However, I will do my best to put these ideas into action.

Straight shooting approach

I love how clear and concise the message is. It is short and brief, but is very informative. It gives a blueprint of how a business should operate. It is one of the best investments of 20 minutes I've ever made. If you want a no nonsense approach to business that limits subjectivity and maximizes objectivity, this is a great start!

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Title: Leadership Gold

Author: John C. Maxwell

Narrator: Wayne Sheppard

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-14-08

Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 142 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Smart leaders learn from their own mistakes. Smarter ones learn from others' mistakes - and successes.

John C. Maxwell wants to help you become the smartest leader you can be by sharing Leadership Gold with you. After nearly 40 years of leading, Maxwell has mined the gold so you don't have to. Each gold nugget is one of 26 chapters designed to be a six-month mentorship from the internationally renowned leadership expert.

Included in this audiobook are lessons such as:

Members Reviews:

Love it

I love the lessons in this book. I have already started implementing some of the lessons in my Leadership daily.

Maxwell Nails it Every Time.

His counsel in this book is spot on. One of his best books. Appropriately named. "GOLD"

Fantastic

Learning from the mistakes of others is one of my favorite ways to learn. Maxwell's transparency is invaluable.

Thank you.

Leadership Gold is Gold

John Maxwell lives up to his reputation of delivering a leadership manual fit for everyone reguardless of what level of leadership you are currently. Using his successes and failures as the basis for stories that make's Leadership Gold memerable and usefull in learning how to ad value to peoples lilves. Constant theme, usefull and well worth the invested time.

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Title: It's Not About the Coffee

Subtitle: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks

Author: Howard Behar

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-07

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 137 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

In It's Not about the Coffee, Behar outlines his simple yet effective approach to success: focus on people over profits. He offers 10 fundamental leadership lessons we all need to practice as well as preach everyday, including clarity of purpose, listening, truth telling, accountability, and persistence. Each chapter explores one of these principles, incorporating inside stories of turning points in the development of Starbucks' culture and business, and offering inspiring advice.

Critic Reviews:

"[S]haring anecdotes from Starbucks itself is Behar's strong suit....[T]he voice of experience and in-house examples from a popular company make for a decent read for those wanting to develop or refresh basic business leadership skills." (Publishers Weekly)

"It's Not About the Coffee offers the true ingredients for enduring results: a set of proven principles we can all aspire to work and live by." (Bob Fisher, former chairman, Gap Inc.)

Members Reviews:

Top Level Leadership

Behar nails it! One of the top 5 books on leadership I've read/listened to.

My absolute favorite

This is absolutely one of my favorite leadership books of all time. I have listened to it maybe 4 times over the last 3 years. I always come away inspired to engage and nurture my team and customer relationships more. This is a must read for any and every leader out there

Great ideas to help the leaders in our company

I enjoyed all of the short stories and experiences of the author. Lots of great leadership tips we will put to use in our company. This book will be required reading for all of the leaders in our businesses.

Outstanding choice

Fantastic book. Excellent content, kept my attention and provided concepts I want to integrate into my habits. I plan to listen again!

Very drawn out

This book had some good ideas/concepts in it, but it was very drawn out. The content could have easily been condensed by at least half without losing any of the meaning. I have started listening to Dave Ramysey's Entreleadership book and it is much more entertaining and to the point. Enjoying it much more.

It has a similar theme, but goes deeper in a more interesting way, and Dave has a funny and entertaining delivery.

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Title: The Culture Code

Subtitle: An Ingenious Way To Understand Why People Around The World Live And Buy As They Do

Author: Clotaire Rapaille

Narrator: Barrett Whitener

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-23-07

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 265 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Rapaille's breakthrough notion is that we acquire a silent system of Codes as we grow up within our culture. These Culture Codes invisibly shape how we behave in our personal lives, even when we are completely unaware of our motives. We can learn to crack these Codes and achieve new understanding of why we do the things we do. He has used the Culture Code to help Chrysler build the PT Cruiser: the most successful American car launch in recent memory; helped Procter & Gamble design its ad campaign for Folger's coffee, one of the longest-lasting and most successful campaigns in the annals of advertising; and he's helped GE, AT&T, Boeing, Honda, Kellogg, and L'Oreal improve their bottom line at home and abroad. And now, in this fascinating audiobook, he uses it to reveal why Americans act distinctly like Americans and what makes us different from the world around us.

Understanding the Codes gives us unprecedented freedom over our lives. It lets us do business in dramatically new ways. And it finally explains why people around the world really are different and reveals the hidden clues to understanding us all.

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Title: 3-D Negotiation

Subtitle: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals

Author: David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius

Narrator: Barrett Whitener

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-08-07

Publisher: Gildan Media, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 96 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

But what really sets the 3-D approach apart, is its "third dimension", is setup. Before showing up at a bargaining session, 3-D negotiators "set the table" by arranging the most promising possible situation - laying the groundwork for adroit tactical interplay later. Acting away from the table, the bargainers ensure that the right parties have been approached in the right sequence, to deal with the right issues, engaging the right set of interests, at the right table, at the right time, under the right expectations, and facing the right no-deal options. This new arsenal of moves away from the table often exerts the greatest impact on the negotiated outcome.

Packed with practical steps and engaging examples, 3-D Negotiation enables you to reach remarkable agreements once you arrive at the table - deals that would be unattainable by standard tactics, no matter how skilful.

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Title: You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader

Subtitle: How Anybody, Anywhere, Can Lead Anytime

Author: Mark Sanborn

Narrator: Mark Sanborn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-15-06

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 97 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

Through the stories of a number of unsung heroes, Sanborn reveals the keys each one of us can use to improve our organizations and enhance our careers. He has an unparalleled ability to explain fundamental business and leadership truths through simple stories and anecdotes. You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader offers an inspiring message for anyone who wants to take control of his or her life and make a positive difference.

Critic Reviews:

"Mark Sanborn has done it again! This time leadership is his focus, and he has delivered a powerful little book that must be on every leader's desk." (Pat Williams, author, speaker, and vice president of the Orlando Magic)

"Using his master skills in story-telling, Mark Sanborn enables us all to see that, at the heart of it, leadership is really about ordinary people achieving extraordinary things." (Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office)

Members Reviews:

Excellent

Every business person...no....every person should read this book. It has so many great examples of how to put these ideas into practice that it makes it so easy! I was using the techniques before I even finished the book and already getting great results and making other peoples day better.

Eye Opening

This book gave a bit of insight on how to be a leader despite ur personality. It just takes application.

There Isn't Much Past The Title

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

The book is basically 2 hours of stories justifying the title. Good idea and I do agree with it, but an entire book seemed like too much for me. There just wasn't enough value added.

Has You Don't Need a Title to Be a Leader turned you off from other books in this genre?

Nope. Like I said the idea was solid and I like leadership books very much.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Mark Sanborn?

Mark Deacons is the best narrator around.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

It was short so I didn't have to endure too much

loved it!

Really recommend this book...very helpful..I definitely related to this book in many occasions. The title itself says it all.

Boy I needed that!

After reading/listening to the book, I thought to myself, "boy I sure needed that" very good book to read

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Title: Goal Setting

Author: Jim Rohn

Narrator: Jim Rohn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-15-06

Publisher: R&L Publishing dba SUCCESS Media

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 319 votes

Genres: Business, Career Skills

Publisher's Summary:

The man many consider to be America's foremost business philosopher has been sharing his success principles and strategies for more than 39 years, with more than 6,000 audiences and over four million people worldwide! He is the author of over 25 books, audio programs, and videos. Jim has been hailed over the years as one of the most influential thinkers of our time.

Members Reviews:

do not buy- gets cut off towards end

Would you try another book from Jim Rohn and/or Jim Rohn?

I compared this workshop to another and it seems that the one listed here gets cut off shortly after Mr. Rohn tells you to begin the exercise. I compared this to another version found on Youtube and am convinced that it the one listed here on audible is not finished.

Waiting

Not bad but you are basically listening to him fill air time while waiting for the audience to write their 50 goals down. I fills it by blathering on about nothing.

Great Audio Book

Jim Rohn is great and this audio book on goal setting changed my life. This is a must listen.

Need more than theory

I love Rohn but what this recording lacked was actionable steps. Good theories and amazing insights but not enough actionable steps.

Simply the best!

Simply the best guidance I've seen on goal setting well worth the hour of your time for the gold and wisdom that's in her!