How Companies and Customers can Create Value and Wealth Together
by James P. Womack
Recommended by Bill Gurley
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Management, and Business.
In this landmark new book, James Womack and Daniel Jones deconstruct this broken producerconsumer model and show businesses how to repair it.A massive disconnect exists between consumers and providers today. Consumers have a greater selection of higher quality goods to choose from and can obtain these items from a growing number of sources. Comput...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Management, and Business.
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Bill Gurley
American businessman
“This assumes the consumers time is worth $0/hour, which I believe is a massive mistake. Here is a great book on that topic, applying lean manufacturing principles to services.”
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Consider The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Recommended by 60 sources.
“A blunt, conversational tour through the worst parts of building a company. Horowitz shares personal stories from his own startup failures and recoveries, offering practical wisdom on layoffs, pivots, CEO loneliness, and managing when times are bad. The value is in the honest, experience-based insight you won't get from business school. The limitation is its narrow focus on venture-backed tech startups—if you're not in that world, some advice may feel irrelevant. Reads like a wise mentor telling you what nobody else will.”
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