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  • 7 Powers

  • The Foundations of Business Strategy
  • By: Hamilton Helmer
  • Narrated by: Joel Richards
  • Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (28 ratings)
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Summary

7 Powers breaks fresh ground by constructing a comprehensive strategy toolset that is easy for you to learn, communicate, and quickly apply. Drawing on his decades of experience as a business strategy adviser, active equity investor and Stanford University teacher Hamilton Helmer develops from first principles a practical theory of strategy rooted in the notion of power, those conditions which create the potential for persistent differential returns.

Using rich real-world examples, Helmer rigorously characterizes exactly what your business must achieve to create power. And create power it must, for without it your business is at risk. He explains why invention always comes first and then develops the Power Progression to enable you to target when your power must be established: in the origination, take-off, or stability phases of your business. Every business faces a do-or-die strategy moment: a crux directional choice made amidst swirling uncertainty. To get this right you need at your fingertips a real-time strategy compass to discern your true north. 7 Powers is that compass.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2016 Hamilton W. Helmer (P)2019 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

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Excellent strategy book!

Well written and a great structure! The writer is clearly a professional. I would recommend this book to anyone thinking about business strategy and creating moats against competition.

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you need the pdf to understand this boo

without the pdf and diagrams this book would be impossible. lost of math and concepts that are hard to visualise and understand without having them on paper

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Excellent strategy book heavy on math

Had to listen to this twice to really understand the concepts. Impossible to follow without the pdf notes.

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Too many formulae

Too mathematical. Might be better in paperback as formulae difficult on audiobook. Generally helpful though

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Doesn’t work in audible format

There are lots of math equations in this and it’s quite technical. This simply doesn’t work in this audio format. There is a PDF with the math equations in it but how can you look at this while driving

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