{"product_id":"billion-dollar-lessons-what-you-can-learn-from-the-most-inexcusable-business-failures-of-the-last-25-years-9781591842897","title":"Billion Dollar Lessons: What You Can Learn from the Most Inexcusable Business Failures of the Last 25 Years","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is your chance to learn from others' mistakes.\"-- \u003ci\u003eEntrepreneur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portfolio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591842897\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Axiom Business Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner","brand":"Paul B. Carroll,Chunka Mui","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990875865269,"sku":"9781591842897","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4aa23fcd-9ef9-4cf1-b21e-52ebc2ffabfd.jpg?v=1762838146","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/billion-dollar-lessons-what-you-can-learn-from-the-most-inexcusable-business-failures-of-the-last-25-years-9781591842897","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}