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Only the Paranoid Survive

Only the Paranoid Survive

By Andrew S. Grove

How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company. Doubleday, 1996.

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A brief summary of Only the Paranoid Survive

An inspirational and informative text on navigating important changes in your business, called “Strategic Inflection Points,” based on Grove’s personal experiences while working at Intel.

Key insights in Only the Paranoid Survive

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What do you get from this book? An expert’s insights on recognizing and overcoming make-or-break changes in business
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“Strategic inflection points” indicate a substantial change in your business, like the 1994 disaster that cost intel $475 million
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There are six forces capable of influencing your company and causing a crisis that is difficult to come back from
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Cost-effective intel processors provided people with pcs and transformed traditional “vertical” business methods to “horizontal” ones
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The “10x” rule precedes every major crisis in a company, forcing businesses to close if they can’t adapt
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The Japanese caused Intel’s strategic inflection point, forcing them to change tactics and develop microprocessors instead of memory chips
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Identifying real 10x changes is tricky, but listening to “Cassandras” and debating data with outside sources will help
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A manager’s emotional reaction can dramatically affect a business’s outcome; act fast, act bold, and don’t wait until it’s too late
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Overcoming an inflection point is possible as long as your company’s focus and managers are able to adapt to change
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The internet was a 10x change; embrace the future instead of fighting it to ease career inflection points
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Who should read Only the Paranoid Survive

CEOs • managers • startups • directors of operations • large and small business owners • anyone interested in running a successful business

About the author of Only the Paranoid Survive

Businessman Andrew S. Grove survived Nazi-occupied Hungary only to endure the Soviet Union’s communist regime. In 1956, he escaped his homeland to nearby Austria. A year later, he immigrated to America. Grove earned his chemical engineering Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkley. From there, he became the CEO of Intel, innovating microchips and forever transforming the company.

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