By John F. Love
I learn this ebook simply because invoice Ackman did. it truly is definitely worthy examining; a vintage tale a couple of visionary. I realized much approximately franchising and the meals undefined. the writer is in enterprise media, so from time to time tales are exaggerated and sensationalized, yet no e-book is ideal.
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And, needless to say, developing a close working relationship with those who ran the show probably didn't hurt my career either. I've never understood why everybody else doesn't do the same thing-make himself indispensable on the job. That was exactly what I did during the summer between my first and second years in graduate school, when I worked for a small Harvard Square real estate company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. We ran generic advertisements in the newspapers for three or four different sizes of rentals; each ad would fit twenty of our apartment listings.
Just don't waste effort worrying about an infinite number of down-the-road possibilities, most of which will never materialize. " Try it. " On and on, you'll find yourself asking the most basic questions you hadn't focused on before taking pen to paper. As you discover you don't know it all, force yourself to address the things you forgot, ignored, underestimated, or glossed over. Write them out for a doubting stranger who doesn't come with unquestioned confidence in the project's utility-and who, unlike your spouse, parent, sibling, or child, doesn't have a vested interest in keeping you happy.
Perry was sent to run the Dallas, Texas, office; Rosenthal was ordered to an out-of-the-way area off the trading floor to "do deals," and I got promoted to run all stock trading, sales, arbitrage, and convertible bonds combined. The clients never saw the embarrassing scene and Jay never mentioned the incident, ever. Nor did I. But one month later, after the famous Perry/Rosenthal brawl, I was in charge. " We went into Billy's conference room. I held up the announcement. This group was responsible for both keeping the firm's books and providing the analytical tools the traders and salespeople needed.