Think Big, Act Small : How America's Best Performing Companies Keep the Start-up Spirit Alive
by Jason Jennings
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Author: Jason JenningsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown)
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Published: 2005-05-05
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Amazon Remainders Account
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Book Review: Stunningly Useful for Growing Businesses
Summary: 5 Stars
We recommend this book to all companies dealing with growth. If your business is content with staying small, skip it. Read this book if you are in a growing business or in one that lost its way while it expanded. The final quiz section, where author Jason Jennings walks you through a series of exercises to identify where your business falls in his rubric, is not so impressive. Skim it. Everything else in the book is stunningly useful. Jennings and his staff did a lot of research, including both statistical analysis and first-person interviews. They also reflected seriously on the sorts of businesses they should hold up as models for others to follow. These model businesses operate in fields ranging from fast food (SONIC) to sports outfitting (Cabela's). Some of these enterprises - such as Strayer University, the higher education representative - initially seem too specialized to provide generalizable lessons, but Jennings succeeds in making them relevant. The result is a book that is entertaining and convincing, if not always easy to follow. After all, Jennings wants you to become proficient at business fundamentals, an asset which is, as he notes, both rare and difficult.
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