The Art of Profitability
by Adrian Slywotzky
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Author: Adrian SlywotzkyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN: 0446692271
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Business Plus
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Book Review: A thought-provoking book with a novel approach to this topic
Summary: 4 Stars
While I have been involved in business, (both large and small) for a number of years now and am not a total novice in the area of profit generation, a lot of what the book was illustrating struck me as as....well not exactly new, at least novel in it's approach. I did not graduate with a degree in economics or business, (theoretical linguistics actually,) so for those of you that DID, the 23 profit models portrayed may have been old-hat. I had only really thought of one or two of them as being somewhat distinct before reading the book. I too, like one of the other reviewers, thought that the injunction to "read only one chapter a week..." to be be a little pendantic. I read the whole thing in a couple of days on a business trip, but have referred back to it on numerous occasions to re-read passages and chapters as new thoughts and ideas arose that seemed applicable to me. I think the author's advice was meant to be used as if YOU the reader were Steve, and to go away and read the same materials Zhiao encouraged Steve to read, and to think about the same things as Steve was encouraged to ponder. I suppose if I had the time to do that, (or felt the energy to go find all of the articles and books mentioned, (at least two per chapter, so amost 50 books or articles in all some of which seem to me to be pretty obsure or hard to locate.) then I might have done so. As it was, I didn't, and am probably worse off for not having done so, but there it is anyway.
On the whole, I enjoyed both the material and the writing style. I thought it refreshing to see what could be rather esoteric material put into a format that was a little more attainable for someone like myself. If you haven't thought about HOW a company can make money, (I mean, the mechanics of where and how profit is generated, not just what is sold,) then this is a good book to start with. I am sure there are others out there that look in detail at each of the models shown in this book, (as well as others,) and give mathematical proofs and all sorts of other background detail, but all I was looking for was some good gut-feel overview information and this book delivered that. Enjoy!
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