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Business Adventures

John Brooks
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Business Adventures by John Brooks gets recommended on Acquired, including episode with Android, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.

Business Adventures by John Brooks appears 2 times across 2 podcast episodes on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.

This is a great book.

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Episode 20: Android on Acquired
Why people keep bringing this up

The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to illustrate the pitfalls of trying to appeal to too broad an audience, using the example of the Ford Edsel. This serves as a cautionary tale for companies like Virgin and Alaska Airlines as they navigate their own business strategies.

Business Adventures by John Brooks most often appears in conversations about business misadventures and Apple's future technology.

Recent linked podcasts include Acquired, giving you a quick path from the book back to the shows where it actually came up.

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The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to illustrate the pitfalls of trying to appeal to too broad an audience, using the example of the Ford Edsel. This serves as a cautionary tale for companies like Virgin and Alaska Airlines as they navigate their own business strategies.

The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to highlight its engaging storytelling about significant business events. They find the book particularly suitable for readers interested in historical business insights and anecdotes.

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business professionals and entrepreneursBusiness enthusiasts and casual readers
Where it keeps coming up

Recent show rotation: Acquired.

Guests tied to these mentions include Android.

Fastest path back to the source: the strongest indexed mention lands at 1:17:22 in the episode where we captured it.

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Which episode recommended Business Adventures?

Episode 20: Android on Acquired is one of the clearest indexed episodes that recommended Business Adventures by John Brooks. Other indexed episodes include Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America on Acquired. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 1:17:22.

Which podcast mentioned Business Adventures?

Acquired is the main indexed podcast currently tied to Business Adventures by John Brooks.

Who recommended Business Adventures on podcasts?

Android is the main guest currently tied to recommending Business Adventures by John Brooks.

Why do podcast guests bring up Business Adventures?

The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to illustrate the pitfalls of trying to appeal to too broad an audience, using the example of the Ford Edsel. This serves as a cautionary tale for companies like Virgin and Alaska Airlines as they navigate their own business strategies. It most often appears in conversations about business misadventures and Apple's future technology.

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Reading a really cool book right now. It's called Business Adventures by John Brooks. It's short vignettes, maybe like 20 to 30 pages each that are stories of incredible things that happened in business over the last 100 years.

Sentiment: Highly Recommended
For: Business enthusiasts and casual readers
Key quote: This is a great book.
The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to highlight its engaging storytelling about significant business events. They find the book particularly suitable for readers interested in historical business insights and anecdotes.

I've been listening on audiobook to a great book called business adventures; it's a classic... it's 10 vignettes of like more aptly titled business misadventures.

Sentiment: Deep Dive
For: business professionals and entrepreneurs
Key quote: one of the key lessons from it is that like ford wanted the edsel to be everything to everyone
The host mentions 'Business Adventures' to illustrate the pitfalls of trying to appeal to too broad an audience, using the example of the Ford Edsel. This serves as a cautionary tale for companies like Virgin and Alaska Airlines as they navigate their own business strategies.