Thomson Blueprint to a Billion

7 Essentials to Achieve Exponential Growth
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-118-04064-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 288 Seiten, E-Book

Praise for BLUEPRINT TO A BILLION
"A wonderful, well thought out analysis of entrepreneurship andleadership of a growth company."
--Howard Lester, Chairman, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
"If you dream about growing your business to a billion, this isa fascinating down-to-earth study that you must read. Apply theseven essential principles to your business and you are off andrunning. Learn about strategy, growth, leadership, team building,and a whole lot more."
--Joe Scarlett, Chairman of the Board, Tractor SupplyCompany
"Blueprint to a Billion is a well-researched and thoughtfullywritten book that quantifies the growth pattern of America'shighest growth companies."
--Professor John Quelch, Senior Associate Dean, HarvardBusiness School
"Eighty percent of the top-performing stocks in the last twentyyears were small entrepreneurial companies that had an IPO in theprior eight years. Blueprint to a Billion tells you the seven keythings these innovators did in common to become America's greatestgrowth companies."
--William J. O'Neil, Chairman and Founder Investor's BusinessDaily, www.investors.com
"Thomson has written a masterful work that will catalyze,empower, inspire, motivate, and illuminate entrepreneurs,investors, and policymakers. The world needs this book and willprofit from it in manifold ways."
--David M. Darst, Managing Director, Individual Investor GroupChief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thomson, David G.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. The Blueprint Thesis: A Different Approach to Growth.
Part One: Create and Sustain a Breakthrough ValueProposition.
2. The Blueprint Value Proposition.
Part Two: Create and Sustain Exponential RevenueGrowth.
3. Exploit a High-Growth Market Segment.
4. Marquee Customers Shape the Revenue Powerhouse.
5. Leverage Big Brother Alliances for Breaking into NewMarkets.
Part Three: Seizing the Opportunity to Create ExponentialReturns.
6. Becoming the Masters of Exponential Returns.
7. The Management Team: Inside-Outside Leadership.
8. The Board: Comprised of Essentials Experts.
9. Linking the 7 Essentials.
10. Blueprint Companies for the Next Decade and Your Part inThem: An Epilogue.
Appendix A: Top 100 Blueprint Companies.
Appendix B: Delivering Breakthrough Benefits Drives ExponentialGrowth.
Appendix C: Assessing Management's Focus, Drive, andAbility.
Appendix D: Methodology.
Endnotes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

DAVID G. THOMSON has been leading business growth for twenty yearsin general management and executive sales/marketing at NortelNetworks and Hewlett-Packard. He also served as an associateprincipal during his five years at McKinsey & Company. Thomsongraduated with an electrical engineering degree from the Universityof Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario. Heresides with his family in Overland Park, Kansas.