What if launching and leading an xceptional business was simpler than you’ve ever imagined? Not easier. Not less time consuming. Not less gut wrenching, but simpler. Guess what: It is. What if I told you many successful entrepreneurs didn’t start with a compelling vision or indeed a workable business plan? Guess what: That’s true too. What if it was possible to dominate a market without any previous background in it? Well? It is. Meet the Xceptionalists: entrepreneurs who live and breathe the xceptional execution ethos and made the breakthrough from “Dream it to Did it”. Drawn from every corner of the globe with turnovers ranging from US $100K to $130M, they show how. From Outfit7 with its Talking Tom app nearing 1 billion downloads, to the fastest growing company in South America, Globant, to a family-like run business who continues to say “No” to the orderly queue of eager acquirers at their door ,Balsamiq. And more.Best-selling author and international speaker Kevin Kelly distills from two decades of intensive research to highlight what makes xceptional businesses and their leaders succeed beyond all odds. DO! Learn how to overcome idea killers, make your message cut through attention deficits, xceptionalise each contact point with your clients and grow your business to new heights.Advance Praise for DO! the pursuit of xceptional execution“Now I can retire in peace. Kevin Kelly has written the book I always wanted to write. And he's done to the point of perfection--call it xceptional execution. Even the all-time best title: Do! Ah, Kevin, what a gift!”Tom PetersCo-author of the international best seller "In Search of Excellence" — the book that changed the way the world does business.If you truly want to Think Big; Do will do it for you! Success will no longer be the exclusive domain of visionaries, entrepreneurs with fully loaded business plans and well financed startups. It can be anyone’s game –including yours. The huge barrier to entry is xceptional execution and Do highlights the DNA and strategies behind some of the brightest startups on the planet. In his engaging and energetic style and with extraordinary content, Kevin Kelly has become the voice of execution. Jason Jennings, NY Times Bestselling Author of, It’s Not The Big That Eat The Small-It’s The Fast That Eat The Slow and The Reinventors "In this remarkable book, Kevin Kelly skillfully proves it's not the brilliant idea, but instead, the shining ability to execute simple plans that belies the greatest business success stories of our time. Read this book if you want to Do the great thing, and not just dream about it."Tim Sanders, author of NYT Best Seller Love is the Killer App and former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo!"What got me was Kevin's confession to having been an 'idea killer'. He was a guy who looked for the reasons why…Not! His conversion to a DO'er is an inspiring journey through multiple examples of business successes achieved by others in a wide variety of fields worldwide. It's not a book about him, it's about them and how you can do what they did. Read this book to strengthen your belief in your ideas and in yourself." Jim Cathcart, Hall of Fame Professional Speaker, Author of Relationship Selling.
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