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George Stalk and Rob Lachenauer with John Butman
HARDBALL
Dominate your market with bold, aggressive strategies that winners use to stay on top.
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What's You Learn?
Play business like champions play sports—to win decisively – Hardball by Stalk and Lachenauer reveals competitive domination tactics. This comprehensive competitive strategy summary and winning techniques explain: • Decisive Advantage - Transform competitive advantages into crushing market control • Unleash Massive Force - Concentrate resources to overwhelm specific competitors • Exploit Anomalies - Find profit pools competitors ignore or can't serve • Hardball Mindset - Commit zealously to winning while staying legal What most summaries miss: Their "Soft-Hard Balance"—ruthless competition requires exceptional culture and talent management. Launch Click.Apply.Grow™ hardball: Pick one competitor to target. Find their weakness. Attack relentlessly but ethically. Hardball players achieve 5x market share gains versus passive competitors. Nice guys finish last. Hardballers finish first.
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Strategies—Don't Just Read;
Apply
Aim at the Smallest Viable Audience
Create a Compelling Story
Offer Generosity First
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5
Strategies—Don't Just Read;
Apply
Aim at the Smallest Viable Audience
Create a Compelling Story
Offer Generosity First
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