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Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest, Turn-On-A-Dime, Home-Grown, Billion-Dollar Business

by Patrick Kelly
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Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest, Turn-On-A-Dime, Home-Grown, Billion-Dollar Business
Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest, Turn-On-A-Dime, Home-Grown, Billion-Dollar Business

Unorthodox business wisdom for explosive company growth.

If you've ever dreamed of shaking up the traditional business world, "Faster Company" is your blueprint. Patrick Kelly's roller-coaster journey from a hardscrabble start to industry dominance is an inspiring tale for entrepreneurs hungry for success outside the box. Reading about PSS's unconventional culture, where hierarchy takes a back seat and creativity leads the charge, might just spark the revolutionary business spirit in you.

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Faster Company: Building the World's Nuttiest, Turn-On-A-Dime, Home-Grown, Billion-Dollar Business

by Patrick Kelly
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ISBN: 9780471242116
Authors: Patrick Kelly
Publisher: Wiley
Date of Publication: 1998-04-06
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Business, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Leadership, Autobiography, Memoir, Management, Biography, Entrepreneurship
Goodreads rating: 3.9
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Description

An unconventional management book by an unconventional businessman: how Patrick Kelly built a company where everybody works hard, has a great time, makes a ton of money--and leaves competitors wondering what hit them. Patrick Kelly is the founder of Physician Sales & Service (PSS), which in only 15 years has gone from a start-up company in the mundane business of distributing medical supplies to doctors' offices to the industry leader with $1 billion in revenues. Its annual growth rate is nearly 60% and today it has 3,600 employees. What's Kelly's secret? A dynamic, even nutty culture! PSS employees can fire their bosses. Truck drivers have "CEO" on their business cards. There are no policy manuals. The company's leaders--there's no such thing as a "manager" at PSS--are required to study Plato and Dostoevsky. Many have become millionaires, and despite the pressure, they love their jobs. PSS is that most unusual of organizations--a fast-track, high-growth business that's also a great place to work. Kelly himself is the ultimate success story: after growing up in an orphanage, flunking out of college, and serving in Viet Nam, he built an incredibly successful career--his way. In Faster Company, he tells you how he did it--how he built the company that has been dubbed "a cross between the U.S. Marines and Animal House." Patrick Kelly (Jacksonville, Florida) is Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Physician Sales & Service (PSS)/World Medical, Inc. It is the fastest-growing company in the history of the medical supply industry, with annual revenues for this year projected at $1 billion. Among his many awards, Kelly just received (along with Ted Turner) the Horatio Alger Award for 1997. John Case (Cambridge, MA) is editor-at-large for Inc. Magazine, and is the author of several books, including The Open-Book Experience. Marketing: * National Publicity Campaign.* 5-City Events Tour.* National Advertising in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and Harvard Business Review.* Author Column in Inc. Magazine.
 

Unorthodox business wisdom for explosive company growth.

If you've ever dreamed of shaking up the traditional business world, "Faster Company" is your blueprint. Patrick Kelly's roller-coaster journey from a hardscrabble start to industry dominance is an inspiring tale for entrepreneurs hungry for success outside the box. Reading about PSS's unconventional culture, where hierarchy takes a back seat and creativity leads the charge, might just spark the revolutionary business spirit in you.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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