Success the LOVEFilm way how to grow a fast growth business in fast changing times
"LOVEFilm, the online movie rental service, are a real internet entrepreneur success story. Initially a small online startup, LOVEFilm now reachs nearly 2 million customers in five countries.This is the story of how one guy took his online business idea and turned it into a multi-million pound...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Sussex, England :
Capstone
c2013.
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
| Colección: | Gale eBooks
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628547906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: Pre-Production; CHAPTER 1: Open All Hours; A Philosophy for Business; What's the Point of Education?; Innovate or Die; Nature, Nurture or a Bit of Both?; Lessons in Life; The third great university; Variety of Interests; The World of Work Calls; CHAPTER 2: Learning the Multinational Way; CHAPTER 3: Becoming a Dell Boy; PART TWO: The LOVEFiLM Years; CHAPTER 4: 2003-4: Three Men and a Baby; Why success has many fathers but failure is an orphan; The One Per Cent Rule; Let Battle Commence
- Why Business Is about More Than Good IdeasIt's the People, Stupid; Why Board Structure Matters, Even Early on; Why Size Matters; The Ups (And Downs) of Having Strong Founders; We're All in This Together, Except You; Why Business Might Be More Complex Than You Think; The Importance of Saying "Yes" to Meetings; CHAPTER 5: 2005: Towering Inferno; How to stop your business going up in smoke; The Power of Positive Action; It's All in the Plan, So be Prepared to Change It; The Power of a Positive Cash Flow; It's Good to Talk; If You Don't Ask, You Don't Get; Keep Your Competition Close
- CHAPTER 6: 2006: Sleeping with the EnemyHow to keep your friends close and merge with your enemies; The PR Wars; Let the Merger Begin; Be Prepared to Work Hard to Secure the Deal; "You Want Me to Work with Them?"; The Business of Integration; Build Values with Your Customers in Mind; Focus on the Survivors; CHAPTER 7: 2007: Braveheart; Bet big or go home; Emptying the Bank to Bet Big; Take Small, Survivable Risks; The Power of Creative Thinking; A Pain in the Nordics; Alternative Approaches to Finance; CHAPTER 8: 2008: The Godfather; Kissing frogs and kicking tyres
- Allowing Managers to ManageMore Pain in the Nordics; Kicking the Tyres; Amazon Comes Calling; Organic Growth and Acquisitions; Making a Digital Move; Switching Horses Mid-Race; Tapping the Financial Markets As a Crisis Looms; CHAPTER 9: 2009: Groundhog Day; Why there's no substitute for hard graft; Reaching the Growth Tipping Point; The Entrepreneur's Sell-by Date; The Power of Performance Management; Getting Digital Right; CHAPTER 10: 2010: Sleepless in Seattle; How to make sure you get what you want from a deal; Always Looking for the Exit; Is There a Right Time to Sell?
- What's the Big Deal?Jolly Hockey Sticks; CHAPTER 11: 2011: Jerry MaGuire; How much work it takes before you see the money; The Importance of Board Alignment; Picking the Right Advisors; A Champagne Moment for the UK?; Opinions are Like Noses; Growing Up and Getting On; CHAPTER 12: The LOVEFiLM Years Post-Production; A Numbers Game; Planning Succession is Planning Success; The Dawning of a New Era; PART THREE: Lessons from LOVEFiLM; CHAPTER 13: The Role of Technology; Start With the Customer; A Seamless Customer Experience; Scale for Success; New Products are Always Technology Dependent
- Growing Up with Technology
