Speed Is Life: Street Smart Lessons from the Front Lines of Business - Rilegato

Davis, Bob

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ISBN 10: 0385501366 ISBN 13: 9780385501361

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 2001

Riassunto

The CEO of Lycos shares stories from the front lines of Internet competition while demonstrating how to create a business model that can meet the high-speed demands of today's online economy. 35,000 first printing.

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Advance Praise For Speed Is Life:

"Davis's advice on building customer loyalty in a competitive environment and creating a market-leading organization by hiring the best people is a road map for success in any industry."
—John Chambers, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.

"Bob Davis is a player in the fastest and most competitive game in commercial history. I am surprised he had time to write this book. You owe it to yourself to take the time to read it."
—Donald R. Keough, Chairman of Allen & Company, Inc.

"A masterwork from an Internet pioneer. This is a must-read for any twenty-first century entrepreneur."
—Thomas Stemberg, Chairman & CEO of Staples, Inc.

"Bob Davis knows how precious—and short—our time is. His depth of passion and conviction makes the ideas in Speed Is Life truly compelling."
—Timothy Forbes, Chief Operating Officer of Forbes magazine

"I wish I'd had Speed Is Life at the beginning of my career. Candid and hard-hitting, it's full of sound advice from one of the most successful generals of the digital economy. Buy it, read it, and most of all, use it."
—Richard J. Egan, Chairman of EMC Corporation

"Bob Davis understands the value of speed, timing, and decisive action in today's digital world. In Speed is Life, he shares his observations, insights and lessons learned based on personal experience. Bob doesn't merely theorize, he offers sound business principles based on results."
—Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Executive Vice Chairman, Vivendi Universal

"Davis is one of the very few who can keep up with the highest speeds of life and still be able to explain it all effectively for all those...[who are] slower."
—Barry Diller, Chairman and CEO, USA Networks, Inc.

"Speed is Life isn't just a playbook for other Internet companies—it's a bible on strategy and tactics for business leaders and managers whatever field they are in."
—Desh Deshpande, Chairman, Sycamore Networks

L'autore:

Bob Davis was the founder and CEO of Lycos from its inception in June of 1995, when he completed the fastest IPO in NASDAQ history, through its merger into Terra Lycos in 2001 for over $5.4 billion. He continues to serve as the company's vice chairman while now working as a partner at the venture capital firm of Highland Capital Partners. He appears regularly on CNN, CNBC, BBC, and Bloomberg and has been prominently featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, and other major publications.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0385501366
• ISBN 13: 9780385501361
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 203