Using Lessons from the Toyota Production System and world of Lean Startups, it is possible to reduce commercial risk and reenvision how books are created and distributed.
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In the end, it was his cash flow and equity structure that did him in. After pivoting from one business to another, solving myriad technology problems with keen insight, recruiting a team, raising capital, perfecting his product through secret alphas and public betas, launching his business, finding customers, and earning revenue, the founder's main investor called in his loan and, in a nasty legal battle, took possession of most of the company's assets.Jarvis, Jeff (2012-02-27). Gutenberg the Geek (Kindle Single) (Kindle Locations 5-8). . Kindle Edition.
Middlemarch, Sherlock Holmes, White Fang,Tarzan, Foundation, DuneOld Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (1840-1841) in Master Humphreys Clock, book in 1841Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (July 1984 to August 1985, 27 installments) in Rolling Stone, spent two years rewriting the book, Sherman McCoy writer -> bond salesman, book in 1987
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“The Probability That a Real-Estate Agent Is Cheating You (and Other Riddles of Modern Life)” in NYT Magazine August in 2003Loud and Clear in Stanford Innovation Journal