Disrupt you!
Subtitle: master personal transformation, seize opportunity, and thrive in the era of endless innovation
By: Jay Samit
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781250059376
Subjects: Creative ability in business; Technological innovations; Economic aspects; Decision making; Success in business
Description: "In today's volatile business landscape, adaptability and creativity are more crucial than ever. It is no longer possible-or even desirable-to learn one set of job skills and to work your way up the ladder. At the same time, entrepreneurs with great ideas for new products or technologies that could change the world often struggle to capture the attention of venture capital firms and incubators; finding the funding necessary to launch a start-up can feel impossible. The business leaders of our future must anticipate change to create their own opportunities for personal satisfaction and professional success. In Disrupt You!, Jay Samit, a digital media expert who has launched, grown, and sold start-ups and Fortune 500 companies alike, describes the unique method he has used to invent new markets and expand established businesses. Samit has been at the helm of businesses in the ecommerce, digital video, social media, mobile communications, and software industries, helping to navigate them through turbulent economic times and guide them through necessary transformation so that they stay ahead of the curve. In Disrupt You!, he reveals how specific strategies that help companies flourish can be applied at an individual level to help anyone can achieve success and lasting prosperity-without needing to raise funds from outside investors. Incorporating stories from his own experience and anecdotes from other innovators and disruptive businesses-including Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, YouTube, Circ du Soleil, Odor Eaters, Iams, Silly Putty, and many more-Samit shows how personal transformation can reap entrepreneurial and professional rewards. Disrupt You! offers clear and empowering advice for anyone looking to break through; for anyone with a big idea but with no idea how to apply it; and for anyone worried about being made irrelevant in an era of technological transformation. This engaging, perspective-shifting book demystifies the mechanics of disruption for individuals and businesses alike"--

"According to USA Today, fifty percent of today's college students want to be an entrepreneur. And the jobless recovery of our recent recession and the realities of our always-changing world mean that everyone now needs to think like an innovator. Small startups are displacing hundred-year-old companies virtually overnight. The business landscape is more volatile--and full of possibility--than ever. A serial entrepreneur who has been at the forefront of global trends for over thirty years, Jay Samit spent his career studying the system successful disruptors employ to achieve greatness. In Disrupt Yourself, he distills that process into steps that can be practiced by anyone. Virgin, Apple, Microsoft, and eBay were all founded by disruptors who questioned their assumptions, designed their own life paths, found ideas that solved big problems, and then pivoted their energies to do it all over again. Samit shows how he made a career launching businesses, selling them, and then reinventing himself to do it again and in Disrupt Yourself, he shows how others can do it too. With the practical insight of Marshall Goldsmith and the no-holds-barred style of Tim Ferriss, digital innovator Jay Samit shows how all successful entrepreneurs and business leaders maximize opportunity, drive change, and achieve resilience. This groundbreaking book is an essential guide for those yearning for professional success in an unstable world"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Reid Hoffman; title: Introduction; title: Chapter One In Defense of Disruption; title: Chapter Two Become a Disruptor; title: Chapter Three The Disruptor's Map; title: Chapter Four Building a Brand of One; title: Chapter Five Disruptors at Work and the Value of Intrapreneurship; title: Chapter Six In Search of the Zombie Idea; title: Chapter Seven Pivoting Your Energies; title: Chapter Eight Unlocking the Value Chain; title: Chapter Nine Research and Development: Unlocking the Value of Waste; title: Chapter Ten Design: Disruption Through Aesthetics; title: Chapter Eleven Production: Reuse, Repurpose, Re-create; title: Chapter Twelve Marketing and Sales: Finding the Problem to Fix Your Solution; title: Chapter Thirteen Distribution: Unlocking Unattained Value and the Challenge of Unlimited Shelf Space; title: Chapter Fourteen Capital Revisited: Other People's Money; title: Chapter Fifteen Disruption in the Era of the Crowd; title: Chapter Sixteen Disrupt the World; title: Epilogue The Self- Disruptor's Manifesto; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Index.