Books tagged by geir as: business

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Behind the Cloud: The Untold Story of How Salesforce.com Went from Idea to Billion-Dollar Company-and Revolutionized an Industry

Marc Benioff, Carlye Adler


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Inspiring story on how Marc Benioff built Salesforce.com. Benioff sounds slightly crazy, but that's probably what it takes. Recommended for anyone running a start-up (especially if you're in B2B like we are).
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Tagged on: 07 Nov 10
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The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google

Nicholas Carr


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Recommended by Marc Benioff in the same sentence as The Innovator's Dilemma. Which means I'll have to check it out.
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Tagged on: 02 Nov 10
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Crossing the Chasm

Geoffrey A. Moore


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Bought this recently after having it on my to-do list for a long time. One of the best business books I've read - it's actually quite funny and entertaining. A must for anyone running a tech start-up.
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Tagged on: 22 Sep 10
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Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter, How Today's Smartest Businesses Grow Themselves

Adam Penenberg


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If this book becomes a best-seller, the author knows what he's talking about. Otherwise, he hasn't managed to create a viral loop. (Current Amazon sales rank: 10,649).
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Tagged on: 24 Mar 10
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Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance

Michael E. Porter


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Writing a business plan and therefore temporarily liberating this Michael Porter (HBS guru and superstar) title from the shelf. Not sure I could be bothered to ever read this from cover to cover ... but the introduction is always helpful.
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Tagged on: 09 Feb 10
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Seeing What's Next: Using Theories of Innovation to Predict Industry Change

Clayton M. Christensen, Erik A. Roth, Scott D. Anthony


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Bought this instead of Innovator's Solution. In a sense it reads like a (slightly dry) thriller. Essential for people interested in the business of disruptive technology.
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Tagged on: 08 Feb 10
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Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

Philip Delves Broughton


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An interview with the author on Peter Day's radio program on BBC World convinced me this is worth buying. The UK version is called "What they teach you at Harvard Business School" and the author is fairly skeptical of the MBA concept ... as one probably should be.
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Tagged on: 24 Jan 10
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Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model

John Mullins, Randy Komisar


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Is it just me or do all roads lead to Clayton Christensen? The Harvard Business Review podcast had an interview with CC about "business model innovation" which seems to be what this title is about. An interview on the Business Week podcast sold me this one. (Anyone notice a pattern?)
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Tagged on: 13 Jan 10
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Rework

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson


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The latest offering from http://37signals.com isn't out yet, but it will potentially be pretty interesting. After all, they did create my web framework of choice, Ruby on Rails.
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Tagged on: 07 Jan 10
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