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Measure What Matters
The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
2018
EN
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'For anyone interested in becoming a better manager' - Bill Gates--------Discover the revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber.In 1999, legendary venture capitalist John Doerr invested nearly $12 million in a small 40-person startup that had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy and sky-high ambitions, but no real busi...
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Speed & Scale
A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
2021
EN
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#1 bestselling author and acclaimed venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping action plan to conquer humanity's greatest challenge: climate change.In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: "Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix it." Since then, Doerr has searched for solutions to this existential problem-as an investor, an advocate and a philanthropist.Fifteen years...
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Measure What Matters
The Simple Idea that Drives 10x Growth
Unabridged
7 hours 56 min
2018
EN
Brought to you by Penguin.INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe revolutionary movement behind the explosive growth of Intel, Google, Amazon and Uber.With a foreword by Larry Page, and contributions from Bono and Bill Gates.Measure What Matters is about using Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a revolutionary approach to goal-setting, to make tough choices in business....
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Speed & Scale
A Global Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
Unabridged
11 hours 59 min
2021
EN
Brought to you by Penguin.Venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping-and actionable-plan to conquer humanity's greatest challenge: climate change.In 2006, John Doerr was challenged by his fifteen-year-old daughter to solve the climate crisis. And for 15 years, that has been his goal.Despite many solutions already being in hand-batteries, electric vehicles, solar and wind power- global warming has continued to worsen a...
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The Future We Choose
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R 758,56
Wasteland
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- Narrated by
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That Will Never Work
The Birth of Netflix by the first CEO and co-founder Marc Randolph
- Narrated by
- Marc Randolph
Unabridged
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In the tradition of Phil Knight's Shoe Dog comes the incredible untold story of how Netflix went from concept to company - all revealed by co-founder and first CEO Marc Randolph.Once upon a time, brick-and-mortar video stores were king. Late fees were ubiquitous, video-streaming unheard of, and widespread DVD adoption seemed about as imminent as flying cars. These were the widely accepted laws of the land in 1997 when Marc Randolph had an idea.
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Finding the Mother Tree
Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest
- Narrated by
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EN
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- Narrated by
- George Monbiot
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Range
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- Narrated by
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