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Billion Dollar Lessons

”This book is your chance to learn from others’ mistakes.”-- Entrepreneur In the 1960s, IBM CEO Tom Watson called an executive into his office after his venture lost $10 million. The man assumed he was being fired. Watson told him, “F

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“From a distance, everything looks easier. But once you move into a new market, you're no longer at a distance.”

— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com

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“Remember, the people who tried synergy strategies before you and failed weren't idiots. A lot of very smart people have lost a lot of money because of the siren suns of synergy. Just because synergy play makes sense at first blush doesn't mean you want to join the list of failures.”

— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com

Tagged: strategy

“The problem with the Silicon Vally is that we tend to confuse a clear view with a short distance.”

— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com

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“The synergy may exist only in the mind of the strategist and not in the mind of the customers.”

— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com

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“Marketing is when you lie to your customers; market research is when you lie to yourself.”

— Paul B. Carroll, amazon.com

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