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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Entrepreneurship is exploring truly uncharted territory.
Chapter 3: Square, McKelvey’s company, arose from a perfect problem.
Chapter 4: Innovating their pitch process helped McKelvey and Dorsey win valuable investments.
Chapter 5: Square’s initial challenges produced an innovation stack that transformed payment processing for good.
Chapter 6: Innovation stacks aren’t preplanned; they evolve gradually over time as a company struggles to survive.
Chapter 7: Square repelled formidable rivals by steadfastly adhering to its principles.
Chapter 8: A.P. Giannini built an innovation stack so potent that it eventually became the world’s largest bank ever.
Chapter 9: Qualifications are essential in the domain of copying, but unnecessary in the domain of entrepreneurship.
Description
The Innovation Stack (2020) explores what it takes to be a true entrepreneur – that is, to find a problem no one else has solved, and do everything you can to solve it. It reveals how two friends built a billion-dollar financial-services company from the ground up through courage, ingenuity, and a touch of humor.
Who Should Listen
- Would-be entrepreneurs looking to build their first company
- Established entrepreneurs seeking fresh inspiration
- Anyone interested in the evolution of a multibillion-dollar company