Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-five Years
    Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-five Years
    Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-five Years
    Audiobook11 hours

    Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-five Years

    Written by Paul B. Carroll and Chunka Mui

    Narrated by Jim Bond

    4.5/5

    ()

    About this audiobook

    “This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.” —Entrepreneur

    In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “Fired? Hell, I spent $10 million educating you. I just want to be sure you learned the right lessons.”

    There are thousands of books about successful companies but virtually none about the lessons to be learned from those that crash and burn. Now Paul Carroll and Chunka Mui draw on research into more than 750 flameouts to reveal the seven biggest reasons for business failure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 11, 2008
    ISBN9781423370826
    Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last Twenty-five Years
    Author

    Paul B. Carroll

    Paul B. Carroll wrote for The Wall Street Journal for seventeen years. The author of Big Blues, he founded Context, the first “new economy” magazine, in 1997. He lives outside Sacramento, California. Chunka Mui is the coauthor of the major business bestseller Unleashing the Killer App and a fellow at Diamond Management and Technology Consultants. He lectures and consults widely on strategy and innovation and lives in Chicago, Illinois.

    Related to Billion Dollar Lessons

    Related audiobooks

    Management For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Jack Welch’s Mixed Legacy

      Mar 13, 2020

      Jack Welch’s Mixed Legacy
      3 min read

    • Article

      Think Like a Disruptor

      Apr 13, 2021

      Think Like a Disruptor
      4 min read

    • Article

      Dan Bilzerian

      Jan 5, 2020

      Dan Bilzerian
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Daniela Diaries

      Oct 20, 2020

      The Daniela Diaries
      4 min read

    • Article

      Building A Dream Team Starts At The Top

      Aug 12, 2020

      SEISMIC 900 EMPLOYEES 14 OFFICES AROUND THE GLOBE 7 TOP WORKPLACE AWARDS SINCE 2019 600+ ENTERPRISE CLIENTS ► A strong leadership team is a must-have for any company to be successful. But when the co-founders truly like each other and treat each othe

      2 min read

    • Article

      So, You Want To Be A CEO?

      Sep 1, 2018

      So, You Want To Be A CEO?
      10 min read

    • Article

      Less Theory, More Action

      Mar 1, 2022

      Mad Science was looking for a mad scientist. In 2013, the brand, which runs educational science programs for kids, wanted to shake things up. The company needed a new leader, and it turned to Shafik Mina, who seemed like an unusual choice at the time

      2 min read

    • Article

      “The Days Of Escaping Legal Liability As A Result Of Poorly Configured Code Are Gone”

      Jul 9, 2022

      In case law there are a few times when a single landmark decision reshapes or reframes the legal landscape. At the tail end of last year, that’s exactly what happened – and anyone involved in software development should take note. The event was a mem

      6 min read

    • Article

      The Smart Way To Make Money

      Nov 15, 2019

      most people are frightened of investing on the stock exchange. Especially if they’re nearing retirement or are retired, as people often are when they have substantial sums of money that could be invested in shares. Despite this, shares are among the

      3 min read

    • Article

      Navigating a Recession

      Dec 24, 2020

      Navigating a Recession
      5 min read

    • Article

      Partnering with Start-Ups

      Jan 1, 2019

      You have said that many big, established corporations are in trouble. How so? A few things are going on. First of all, many of these ‘legacy companies’ have failed to keep up with their customers. I was recently chatting with some of Facebook’s leade

      5 min read

    • Article

      What Is an Initial Public Offering (IPO)?

      Aug 24, 2022

      An initial public offering (IPO) enables a private company to go public by issuing its own shares on a stock exchange for the first time. In this way, any investor can buy shares and the company can raise capital to grow. Investors can easily get cau

      4 min read

    • Article

      Yes, You Can Grow Too Fast

      Jan 11, 2022

      Yes, You Can Grow Too Fast
      4 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Billion Dollar Lessons

    4.5/5

    52 ratings4 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      The author is a journalist and this shows. There is a reporting of the facts but an understanding of the deeper principles of business administration seems to be missing. The author also incorrectly defines Morse Law at which point I stopped listening to the book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great book, I love the insights and examples shared in the book
    • 5/5
      Through the help of techspypro I caught my husband red handed having a secret affair with his boss in the office..techspypro @gmail com did a very smooth job without trace on both side
    • 3/5
      A collection of lessons from big business where errors cost was huge. Usually not of lack of knowledge but negligence, biases, blind spots…