Selvbiografier: erhvervsliv og industri

"One of the world's most respected leaders, former IBM CEO Ginni Rometty overcame childhood and financial struggles to embark on a groundbreaking career that took her from entry-level engineer to eight years as the first woman CEO of an iconic global company. Forty years in business and public advocacy taught Rometty the transformative power of leadership that blends authenticity, relationships, and curiosity with vision, rigor, and conviction. In her personable yet direct voice, Rometty reveals experiences that taught her how to orchestrate change for clients, companies, and communities. Her lessons and stories offer a blueprint for how we can all drive meaningful change in positive ways-a concept she calls "good power." Good power is a purposeful, practical approach to problem-solving, available to anyone, at any time. It's a choice. The book begins with raw, vivid memories from Rometty's youth and early professional life as she reflects on the trauma and role models that influenced how she later thought about good power. Rometty then shares how she strived to use good power during her career and as a transformative CEO. Five principles-be in service of many stakeholders, build belief among skeptics, make tough choices, champion tech ethics and inclusion, be resilient-show how to navigate tension and build trust on the path to real change. She also shows how good power can scale to address urgent societal issues, even in our polarizing times. She encourages us to make a difference in ways that matter and recounts her own journey leading the skills-first hiring and training movement, providing proven solutions to connect more people to better jobs to create a more equitable future. Inspiring and edifying, Good Power offers a new approach to change that our world needs now"--

Sophie Marie Scheller wird 1840 als Tochter eines Gastwirts in dem Waldenserdorf Dornholzhausen bei Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe geboren. Im Alter von 28 Jahren heiratet sie den Schlosser Adam Opel aus Rüsselsheim. Zusammen mit ihrem Ehemann und den fünf gemeinsamen Söhnen baut sie im Zeitalter der Industrialisierung das äußerst erfolgreiche Unternehmen OPEL auf und führt es nach seinem Tod weiter. Tausende Arbeiter finden hier eine gesicherte Beschäftigung, und die in Rüsselsheim gefertigten Nähmaschinen, Fahrräder und Automobile erobern die Märkte weltweit.

The autobiography of Tippa Irie, Stick To My Roots tells the reggae musician's incredible story - from his trail-blazing beginnings in Saxon Sound International to the Grammy Award-nominated "Hey Mama" with the Black Eyed Peas.Titled after his 1980s hit single, the book will cover 35 years of Tippa's prestigious career: from the first sign of talent as a child in South London and family members encouraging him to enter local talent competitions, to making his first record and becoming the powerhouse and Reggae-scene legend he is now.It's a story full of dreams, music and hope, but also the deep traumas and tribulations that Tippa experienced throughout his life, and how music helped him to move forward.

Er det ikke en voksenting? forsøger at forbinde de udfordringer, forfatteren, Andreas Tofte Bøndergaard, selv mødte ved start af virksomhed i en alder af bare 15 år. Bogen inkluderer de tips og tricks, han fik med på sin rejse som ung iværksætter.Titlen referer til Andreas’ klassekammerats reaktion til, at han havde startet sin virksomhed, og den definerer rammen for bogen. Igennem denne problemstilling, tager Andreas læserne med på en rejse i en ung iværksætters verden.Hovedformålet med bogen er at fortælle andre unge, om de muligheder de har for at starte virksomhed. Desuden at fortælle, både unge og ældre, om de omkostninger – økonomiske såvel som personlige – og resultater, det har at starte virksomhed i en ung alder.Andreas har skrevet bogen med praktiske og konkrete eksempler for iværksætteren, der skal til at starte en virksomhed. De konkrete eksempler kan med fordel bruges til at drage paralleller til læserens egne oplevelser og problemstillinger.Lær af dine fejlModsat mange andre håndbøger, forsøger Andreas at nuancere historien og bevidne om de fejl, han selv begik og lærte af. Heriblandt møder med kunder, moms, markedsføring, og hvordan man bliver taget seriøst. Fejl og læring spiller dermed en betydelig rolle i bogen. Forfatteren påpeger og eksemplificerer gerne sine egne fejl og opdagelser, så andre kan lære af dem og undgå at begå dem. Samtidig forsøger han at skabe en mere tolerant fejlkultur. For fejl er det, man lærer bedst af, selvom man helst gerne vil undgå at begå dem! Som med udviklingen af et perfekt produkt gælder det ligeledes for din iværksætterrejse, at du må kende udfordringerne, før du kan finde løsningerne.Andreas ønsker igennem bogen at motivere unge mennesker til at skabe deres egne karriereveje. Samtidig ønsker han at give et realistisk blik på elementerne og få læseren til at forstå, at et aktivt tilvalg automatisk betyder passive fravalg.Uanset, om man er garvet iværksætter eller uerfaren grønskolling, giver bogen et billede af fejl, læring og overvejelser, som man står i som iværksætter.

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. It was a simple thought - leveraging the internet to rent movies - and was just one of many more proposals, like personalised baseball bats and a shampoo delivery service, that Randolph would pitch to his business partner, Reed Hastings, on their commute to work each morning. But Hastings was intrigued, and the pair - with Hastings as the primary investor and Randolph as the CEO - founded a company. Now with over 150 million subscribers, Netflix's triumph feels inevitable but the twenty-first century's most disruptive start-up began with few believers and calamity at every turn. From having to pitch his own mother on being an early investor, to server crashes on launch day, to the now-infamous meeting when they pitched Blockbuster to acquire them, Marc Randolph's transformational journey exemplifies how anyone with grit, gut instincts and determination can change the world - even with an idea that many think will never work. What emerges, however, isn't just the inside story of one of the world's most iconic companies. Full of counter-intuitive concepts and written in binge-worthy prose, it answers some of our most fundamental questions about taking that leap of faith in business or in life: How do you begin? How do you weather disappointment and failure? How do you deal with success? What even is success? From idea generation to team building to knowing when it's time to let go, THAT WILL NEVER WORK is not only the ultimate follow-your-dreams parable but also one of the most dramatic and insightful entrepreneurial stories of our time.