Index

A

  • Agahozo Shalom Youth Village (ASYV)
  • Amazon
  • Apkon, Steve
  • Apple Computer
    • mistakes made by
    • revenue by product
    • revenue per share
  • Atari
  • Automation

B

  • Bear Stearns
  • Benioff, Marc
  • Bisignano, Frank
  • Block liquidity, centralizing
  • Blockbuster
  • Board members, choosing
    • what to look for
  • Brainstorming techniques

C

  • Cemex
  • Competition, unexpected
    • disruption
    • inventing the future
    • negotiation
    • selling the company
    • S curve
      • adoption model
      • finding your position on
  • Competitive advantage, technology and
  • Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (CTR)
  • Credibility circles, building
  • Crossing the Chasm (Moore)
  • Cultivating friends
  • Culture crisis
    • acknowledging problems
    • acquisition of Vega-Chi
    • constant improvement
    • eliminating titles
    • feedback
    • firing employees, importance of
    • focusing on top priorities
    • hiring partners, not employees
    • informal dress code
    • interview process
    • investing in employee training
    • new team, problems with
    • “No Asshole Policy”
    • rejecting the Wall Street model
    • repairing the world

D

  • Deer Valley conference
  • Dell
  • Deming, W. Edwards
  • Digital Equipment Corporation
  • Dimon, Jamie
  • Disney, Walt
  • “Double Down” matching gift program
  • Due diligence

E

  • Equity ownership
  • Erdoes, Mary

F

  • Failures, learning from others'
  • Fidelity
  • Financial crisis (2008–2009)
    • changes to the board
    • communicating
    • continued investment in growth
    • initial public offering (IPO), preparation for
    • market forces
    • ripple effect
  • First-mover advantages
  • Ford Motor Company

G

  • Gantcher, Nate
  • Gates, Bill
  • General Electric, ...

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