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Rules for Revolutionaries (Paperback)

by Guy Kawasaki (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: HarperBusiness; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (1 Oct 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 088730995X
ISBN-13: 978-0887309953
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (39 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 120,873 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Guy Kawasaki, former chief evangelist at Apple Computer and an iconoclastic corporate tactician who now works with high-tech startups in Silicon Valley, is back in print with his seventh book: Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating and Marketing New Products and Services. Entertainingly written in collaboration with previous co-author Michele Moreno, it lays out Kawasaki's decidedly audacious (but personally experienced) strategies for beating the competition and triumphing in today's hyper-charged business environment. The book is divided into three sections, whose titles alone epitomise its thrust and tone. The first, "Create Like a God," discusses the way that radical new products and services must really be developed. The second, "Command Like a King," explains why take- charge leaders are truly necessary in order for such developments to succeed. And the third, "Work Like a Slave," focuses on the commitment that is actually required to beat the odds and change the world. A concluding section is filled with entertaining and inspirational quotes on topics like technology, transportation, politics, entertainment, and medicine that show how even some of our era's most successful ideas and people--the telephone, Louis Pasteur, and Yahoo! among them--have prevailed despite the scoffing of naysayers. --Howard Rothman, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Presenting the "rules for revolutionaries," the Forbes columnist and author of How to Drive Your Competition Crazy gives entrepreneurs, engineers, product managers, inventors, and small-business owners the tools they need to successfully market products and services. Reprint.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Get your innovation engine started, 24 Sep 2006

By	Jukka Kontula (Oulu, Finland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

In the book, Guy Kawasaki gives something to think about for every manager. The book is filled with examples of how companies have managed to create revolutionary businesses. However it lacks on scientific research about innovation which I could have used. The book is good for those taking their first steps into the world of innovations.

The book is divided into three parts: Create Like a God, Command Like a King and Work Like a Slave. I found the Create Like a God -part to be the most useful. In this part the author introduces ways to create revolutionary environment in the workplace and ways to think about your business in a revolutionary way. This focuses more on the creating ideas side.

The middle part focuses on ways to refine the revolutionary ideas. It gives lots of tips on how to involve your users in the innovation process and how to avoid typical mistakes associated with innovative businesses. The last part focuses on advice on how to deliver the product to the market.

Although the book doesn't give many hands-on tools or methods on how to start changing your business toward a more revolutionary one, it gives something to think about. Too many businesses today are run in an evolutionary way.

I'd recommend the book for managers, entrepreneurs and business owners who haven't yet adopted the revolutionary frame of mind. Those who have will probably feel like I-knew-this after reading the book. Researchers and educators will probably find nice examples from the book, but it's not very useful as a resource book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great investment if you're going to change the world, 21 Mar 1999

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This review is from: Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating New Products and Services (Hardcover)

What I love about Guy's work is that his books are readable and entertaining memoirs of life "in the trenches" from a person who has been there and lived (make that prospered) to tell about it."Rules For Revolutionaries" first caught my interest as an on-line discussion forum dealing with the challenges of bringing revolutionary products into the technical market. The forum continues, and is the greatest resource I have ever seen for people contemplating developing a new product and looking to find venture capital backing. "Rules for Revolutionaries" should be considered required reading for anyone wishing to join that discussion forum.In my 17 years in the high-tech world, the best advice I've come across are found in the "Churn, baby churn" and "Death Magnets" sections of the book - and "Don't Let Bozosity Grind You Down" is wonderful tonic for the times that the Corporate Bozo's are doing just that.In short, the Dilbertesque managers of the world may find fault with "Rules for Revolutionaries", but for those truly looking to kick down the walls of their cubicle cells, this book is a pardon from the governor.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and inspiring, but not revolutionary, 1 Jan 1999

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This review is from: Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto for Creating New Products and Services (Hardcover)

RULES covers much of the same ground as Kawasaki's previous books. He continues to prod and inspire readers to make a difference and not to give in to stale, bureaucratic thinking. I found myself yelling out "right on!" a few times -- for example, when Kawasaki advises us to ignore titles, don't ask customers to do something you wouldn't, and "don't worry, be crappy." The book's subtitle is "the capitalist manifesto" which is appropriate since its value is mostly as a motivational polemic rather than a detailed how-to. RULES is enjoyable and a quick read -- a bit too quick as it doesn't have the novelty or depth of Kawasaki's earlier works. SELLING THE DREAM remains his most arousing book, and although RULES doesn't reach those heights, there's still a valuable message here.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent information with excellent supporting information.
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1.0 out of 5 stars It is a New Age re-hash of pre-existing ideas
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is what you need to read if you want to succeed.
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