An edition of Reality check (2008)

Reality check

the irreverent guide to outsmarting, outmanaging, and outmarketing your competition

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An edition of Reality check (2008)

Reality check

the irreverent guide to outsmarting, outmanaging, and outmarketing your competition

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As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don't make sense"--It's time for a reality check. Here, Kawasaki has compiled his best wit, wisdom, and contrarian opinions in handy book form. From competition to customer service, innovation to marketing, he shows readers how to ignore fads and foolishness while sticking to commonsense practices. He explains, for instance: how to get a standing ovation, the art of schmoozing, how to create a community, the top ten lies of entrepreneurs, everything you wanted to know about getting a job in Silicon Valley but didn't know who to ask.--From publisher description.

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Portfolio
Language
English
Pages
474

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Table of Contents

The reality of starting
The reality of raising money
The reality of planning and executing
The reality of innovating
The reality of marketing
The reality of selling and evangelizing
The reality of communicating
The reality of beguiling
The reality of competing
The reality of hiring and firing
The reality of working
The reality of doing good.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
658
Library of Congress
HD62.5 .K382 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 474 p. ;
Number of pages
474

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24749169M
Internet Archive
realitycheckirre00kawa
ISBN 10
1591842239
ISBN 13
9781591842231
LCCN
2008024954
OCLC/WorldCat
213308883

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Work Description

More uncommon common sense from the bestselling author of The Art of the Start.In Silicon Valley slang, a "bozo explosion" is what causes a lean, mean, fighting machine of a company to slide into mediocrity. As Guy Kawasaki puts it, "If the two most popular words in your company are partner and strategic, and partner has become a verb, and strategic is used to describe decisions and activities that don’t make sense" . . . it’s time for a reality check.For nearly three decades, Kawasaki has earned a stellar reputation as an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and irreverent pundit. His 2004 bestseller, The Art of the Start, has become the most acclaimed bible for small business. And his blog is consistently one of the fifty most popular in the world.Now, Kawasaki has compiled his best wit, wisdom, and contrarian opinions in handy book form. From competition to customer service, innovation to marketing, he shows readers how to ignore fads and foolishness while sticking to commonsense practices. He explains, for instance:• How to get a standing ovation• The art of schmoozing• How to create a community• The top ten lies of entrepreneurs• Everything you wanted to know about getting a job in Silicon Valley but didn’t know who to askProvocative, useful, and very funny, this "no bull shiitake" book will show you why readers around the world love Guy Kawasaki.

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