The 80/20 Individual : How to Accomplish More by Doing Less-the Nine Essentials of 80/20 Success atWork
Author: Richard Koch
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ISBN: 038550957X
Publisher: Currency (19 August, 2003)
Sales Rank: 27,225
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
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Rating: 4 out of 5
Insightful!
Author Richard Koch contends that individual initiative is responsible for most progress, given that 20% of entrepreneurs or innovators are responsible for 80% of results and new ideas. Koch focuses on how to be a successful entrepreneur by working with a small team of supporters. He discusses the importance of good ideas, great colleagues, a powerful value proposition, good partners and, of course, ample capital. He suggests a trend toward a new breed of corporations based on individualism, though Bill Gates and Warren Buffett alone do not necessarily make a trend. While Koch writes in a breezy, engaging style, the 80/20 mantra becomes generalized and repetitious. It's a popular expression, but does it always apply? The other chapters are more solid, though they restate known entrepreneurial principles and techniques, dressed in 80/20 lingo. As such, we suggest, they may be a good introduction for the new entrepreneur, if not for the rugged individual who has already mastered the percentages.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Disappointing Sequel to The 80/20 Principle
Koch's first book was a keeper however I was disappointed in the sequel. Book either repeated much from the 80/20 Principle or was seemingly a restatement of the obvious. I would take a pass. Similar Products
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