The Dumbest Guy at the Table

The Dumbest Guy at the Table
Author: David Shein
Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Total Pages: 151
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1760687448

Twenty-one years after selling the company that I founded, Com Tech Communications, for an enterprise value of over $1 billion - arguably Australia's first tech unicorn - I decided to write a book. Drawing on over three decades of experience - gee I'm getting old - and sharing some lessons that I hope will provide valuable advice to anyone looking to start a company or manage a good business. Since 1987 I have hired hundreds of outstanding people, knowing that if I paid well, listened to their valuable ideas and ensured that they loved coming to work every day, I could still be part of something great ... even if I am the dumbest guy at the table. These principles have formed the basis of my management style for over 30 years. So much has changed from a technology perspective - yet, in some ways, nothing has changed. Products come and go, but you will always have customers, staff and business partners. How you treat these three constituents will be the difference between building a good company, a great company, an irrelevant company or one that simply disappears. 'As a businessman, David Shein has lived up to his ideals. Don't be fooled by the title of the book; this guy really knows his shit.' Ian Chappell

The Dumbest Guy at the Table

The Dumbest Guy at the Table
Author: David Shein
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-08-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781760688370

Lessons learned building Australia's first unicorn. Fully updated edition.

The Dumbest Guy at the Table

The Dumbest Guy at the Table
Author: David Shein
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-10-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780646847399

The Dumbest Guy at the Table has been written for company founders, team leaders and managers providing useful tips from a founder who has navigated through some of the challenges that a founder will face. The author, David Shein, now 60 founded his first company at age 26 and believes that products come and go but what hasn't changed is that all businesses have staff, customers and business partners. How you treat these 3 constituents will be the difference between building a good company, a great company, an irrelevant company or one that simply disappears. Company Culture is the operating system of your company.

American Diplomats

American Diplomats
Author: William D. Morgan
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2004
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0595329748

What do the men and women of America's diplomatic corps do? William D. Morgan and Charles Stuart Kennedy, themselves career diplomats, culled over 1400 oral interviews with their Foreign Service peers to present forty excerpts covering events from the 1920s to the 1990s. Insiders recount what happens when a consul spies on Nazi Germany, Mao Tse-Tung drops by for a chat, the Cold War begins with the Berlin blockade, the Marshall Plan rescues Europe, Sukarno moves Indonesia into the communist camp, Khrushchev calls President Kennedy an SOB, and our ambassador is murdered in Kabul. "You are there" accounts deepen readers' understanding, as diplomatic and consular officers talk about the beginnings of Kremlinology, predicting a coup in Ecuador, Hemingway and the embassy in Havana, the secret formulation of the NATO treaty, Jerusalem after the British and the US recognition of Israel, fighting in the Congo over Katangan secession, dealing with an alcoholic foreign president, human rights work in Paraguay, the U.S. Embassy takeover in Tehran, the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, helping families of the Pan Am 103 victims, Greece and Turkey at odds over a tiny island, embassy roles in Riyadh and Tel Aviv during Desert Storm, and many more.

The Gathering Table

The Gathering Table
Author: Kathryn Springer
Publisher: Harlequin
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0369702042

“A feast of small-town charm and characters who feel like dear friends.” —Liz Johnson, bestselling author of The Red Door Inn From USA TODAY bestselling author Kathryn Springer comes a tale of starting over when life takes an unexpected turn. Winsome Lake, Wisconsin, is postcard-pretty, but for chef Jessica Keaton it’s also a last resort. Fired from her dream job, Jess is starting over as a live-in cook and housekeeper. When she arrives, she finds her new employer is in rehab after having a stroke, and Jess expects she’ll be all alone in Elaine Haviland’s quaint house. A chef with no one to cook for. But instead, she encounters a constant stream of colorful visitors who draw her back into the world. As Jess contends with local teenagers, a group of scrappy women and a charming football coach, Elaine faces some battles of her own that extend past her physical challenges. For both of them, all the ingredients for a fulfilling life are within reach, if they’re willing to take a leap. And maybe Jess will start to see that it’s not just what’s on the table that matters—it’s the people gathered round it. A must-read novel from Love Inspired: Stories to Uplift and Inspire.

The Guy Not Taken

The Guy Not Taken
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2008-09-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1847395783

From the acclaimed author of Good in Bed, All Fall Downand the forthcoming Who Do You Love, a witty and heartbreaking look at love and loneliness Ayoung married woman happens upon her ex boyfriend's wedding registry and wonders what life would have been like if she'd ended up with him after all - only to wake up and find out her dream, for better and worst, has come true. In Tour of Duty, a young man visits an ivy league college with his mother who does not know how to tell him that his father has left and is moving out during their weekend away. And in Kidnapping Nana two sisters travel to a beach resort and kidnap an older woman so they have a place to stay while they're there - and find an unexpected bond with the older woman in the process.

No Stopping You!

No Stopping You!
Author: Roger E. Flax
Publisher: Hachette Originals
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-06-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1538701618

Why do some people succeed tremendously, feel very good about themselves, and simply can't wait for the next day? While others have all the desire, smarts, talent and motivation to greatly succeed, but something's missing... To respected corporate leadership guru Dr. Roger Flax, the answer is simple: winning the game of life begins and ends with relationships. NO STOPPING YOU! HOW TO WIN THE GAME OF LIFE gives you the playbook, along with actionable tools to determine what makes people tick and how to win them over; how to establish instant rapport, trust and credibility; and how to leverage those qualities into outstanding business and personal success, with strong and long-term "win-win" relationships. Reading NO STOPPING YOU! is like a one-on-one private session with the highly sought-after expert Dr. Flax, who covers how to: -Effectively communicate with impact, power, clarity.-Drive towards desired, mutually-beneficial outcomes and results.-Persuade, influence, inspire, motivate, and develop all types of people.-Read people quickly, and adapt your communication style effectively and appropriately,-And make things happen. Flax has lived this dream, winning the game many times over, and has shared his insights and strategies with thousands of people for five decades - in seminars, workshops, international presentations, motivational speeches, and through major media. Now it's time for you to learn to apply these powerful, innovative insights and tools, firsthand. This book gives you actionable tools and techniques that you can apply immediately. It's a hands-on, all-in-one playbook and toolbox that gives you strategies and game plans to accomplish your goals. When you do, there's no stopping you! And you're well on the way to winning the challenging, and very exciting, game of life!

Brothers in Pen: Six Cubic Feet

Brothers in Pen: Six Cubic Feet
Author: San Quentin Nine
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2011-09-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1257757458

Foreword by Junot Diaz. This anthology emerges from the Creative Writing class of San Quentin State Prison. The subtitle "Six Cubic Feet" refers to the amount of space each prisoner is allotted for personal property. The work presented here attests, in a variety of voices, to the ways that stories can transcend even the severe, constricted enclosure of prison. Contributors include: Cole Bienek, Charles "Talib" Brooks, Kenneth R. Brydon, N. T. "Noble" Butler, Micheal "Yahya" Cooke, Arnulfo T. Garcia, Andrew Gazzeny, Richard F. Gilliam, Ivan Skrblinski (a.k.a. Juan Haines), Michael R. Harris, Keoghan O'Donnell, JulianGlenn Padgett, Paul Stauffer, Watani Stiner, Aly Tamboura, Keshun Tate (a.k.a. Daleadamown Abu Muhsin), Troy Williams, Danny York. Edited by Zoe Mullery.

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 3

Fantastic Four by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 3
Author: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2011-04-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0785178368

Faced with the death of imagination and growing pandemic of tomorrow fear, Reed Richards takes the future of discovery into his own hands. Think the world is a bad place, everything is going to hell, and the end times are surely around the corner? Try reading the World's Greatest Comic Magazine. Collecting: Fantastic Four #579-582

Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman

Fantastic Four By Jonathan Hickman
Author: Jonathan Hickman
Publisher: Marvel Entertainment
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2019-08-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1302514814

Collects Fantastic Four (1998) #579-588 & FF (2011) #1-5. Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman revamps and redefines Marvel’s First Family! A sweeping and epic saga across time, space and reality begins when Mister Fantastic takes the future of discovery into his own hands! As the Fantastic Four fights the War of the Four Cities and Invisible Woman mediates between Namor and the long-lost tribe of Old Atlantis, Mister Fantastic assembles a band of genius youngsters to help him solve everything. But when Nathaniel Richards returns, Galactus prepares to feast and a new Annihilation Wave threatens to invade from the Negative Zone, tragedy suddenly strikes. One of the Fantastic Four will fall! Grieving, the surviving members dissolve the team — but from its ashes rises the Future Foundation! Guest-starring Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Sub-Mariner and the Inhumans!