Books like Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
12 books with a reading profile close to Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the day-by-day mechanics of the 2008 financial collapse, focusing on the frantic negotiations between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and the chief e…
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The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind document the organizational culture and accounting strategies that led to the collapse of the Enron Corporation.
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Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar chronicle the 1988 leveraged buyout of RJR Nabisco, the largest corporate takeover of its era.
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The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Michael Lewis tracks the mechanics of the 2008 global financial collapse by following a small group of eccentric investors who anticipated the subprime mortgage crisis.
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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Chris Anderson explains the shift from a hit-driven culture to a niche-driven economy enabled by digital distribution.
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Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Sarah Wynn-Williams analyzes the rapid expansion and eventual ethical deterioration of high-growth technology firms during the early 2020s.
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Michael Moss investigates how multinational food corporations utilize laboratory science to maximize consumer consumption.
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Moneyball
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Michael Lewis tracks the 2002 Oakland Athletics and their general manager, Billy Beane, as they attempt to compete against wealthy franchises on a restricted budget.
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Rage
by Bob Woodward
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, narrative
Rage documents Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and national security threats through eighteen exclusive interviews between the president and Bob Woodward.
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Fear: Trump in the White House
by Bob Woodward
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, narrative
Bob Woodward chronicles the internal operations of the Trump administration, focusing on the first two years of the presidency.
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The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · business strategy, narrative
Alex Rogo manages a failing production plant and faces a ninety-day deadline to return it to profitability or see it closed.
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Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Geoffrey A.
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