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Finish BIG: A book review by Bob Morris

September 23, 2015

Finish BIG: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top Bo Burlingham Portfolio/Penguin Random House (2015) “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice [when selling a company]. In practice there is.” Yogi Berra As I began to…

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The Creator’s Code: A book review by Bob Morris

September 15, 2015

The Creator’s Code: The Six Essential Skills of Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Amy Wilkinson Simon & Schuster (2015) “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right.” Henry Ford The term “gazelle” refers to the classic entrepreneur of myth…

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Green Giants: A book review by Bob Morris

September 1, 2015

Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion- Dollar Businesses E. Freya Williams AMA COM (2015) How and why purpose and profitability are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they tend to be interdependent. To what does the title of…

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Why Do Gazelles Thrive in the Best of All Possible Business Worlds?

January 25, 2015

The term “gazelle” refers to the classic entrepreneur of myth and reality, someone who starts a new business venture (or a new way of doing business) and aims for it to explode into a white-hot phenomenon such as Home Depot,…

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Crazy Is a Compliment: A book review by Bob Morris

October 28, 2014

Crazy Is a Compliment: The Power of Zigging When Everyone Else Zags Linda Rottenberg Portfolio/Penguin “To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Tennyson’s Ulysses Most people are caught up in what James O’Toole so aptly characterizes as…

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Why we need more Gazelles

October 18, 2014

The term “gazelle” refers to the classic entrepreneur of myth and reality, someone who starts a new business venture (or a new way of doing business) and aims for it to explode into a white-hot phenomenon such as Home Depot,…

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