
Billion or Bust!
Lanham Napier
Lanham Napier grew Rackspace from nearly nothing to over $1 billion in revenues and $5 billion in market value while creating thousands of jobs. Under his leadership, especially growing Rackspace's high-quality customer service, Fanatical Support, the tech start-up gained thousands of customers and industry dominance. A lifelong Texan, Lanham grew the company in his home state, overseeing the development of phenomenal new headquarters (a converted mall) in San Antonio and leading the company's IPO. Further, he obsessed over how to increase employee engagement, and he exuberantly succeeded in his goal.
But, when Microsoft, Amazon, and Google entered the industry in force, everything changed . . . including Lanham's relationship with Rackspace executives and the company's board of directors. Lanham believed he had three options for leading the Rackspace response to the intense competition. But in fact, the board showed him that there was a fourth option (a very challenging option at that), which he had never even considered.
Readers love the authenticity of this book and made it a bestseller for coaching and mentoring and for business management.
Duration - 4h.
Author - Lanham Napier.
Narrator - Nathan Agin.
Published Date - Tuesday, 03 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2019 Braun Collection ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Lanham Napier grew Rackspace from nearly nothing to over $1 billion in revenues and $5 billion in market value while creating thousands of jobs. Under his leadership, especially growing Rackspace's high-quality customer service, Fanatical Support, the tech start-up gained thousands of customers and industry dominance. A lifelong Texan, Lanham grew the company in his home state, overseeing the development of phenomenal new headquarters (a converted mall) in San Antonio and leading the company's IPO. Further, he obsessed over how to increase employee engagement, and he exuberantly succeeded in his goal. But, when Microsoft, Amazon, and Google entered the industry in force, everything changed . . . including Lanham's relationship with Rackspace executives and the company's board of directors. Lanham believed he had three options for leading the Rackspace response to the intense competition. But in fact, the board showed him that there was a fourth option (a very challenging option at that), which he had never even considered. Readers love the authenticity of this book and made it a bestseller for coaching and mentoring and for business management. Duration - 4h. Author - Lanham Napier. Narrator - Nathan Agin. Published Date - Tuesday, 03 January 2023. Copyright - © 2019 Braun Collection ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Quote
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Dedication
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Part 1: Texas Upstart, Chapter 1: Rackspace
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Chapter 2: Growing Up Texan
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Chapter 3: Data Centers
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Chapter 4: Jobs
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Chapter 5: Tech Troubles
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Chapter 6: Two Texans
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Chapter 7: One Thing
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Chapter 8: Sacrifice
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Chapter 9: Built to Last
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Chapter 10: Alamo
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Chapter 11: Nesting
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Part 2: Growth, Chapter 12: Partnership
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Chapter 13: Intensive Hosting
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Chapter 14: Austin
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Chapter 15: The Castle
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Chapter 16: Who We Are
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Chapter 17: Roaming Around
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Chapter 18: Fanatical Support
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Part 3: Exit, Chapter 19: Our Main Thing
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Chapter 20: Sales
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Chapter 21: Talladega Nights
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Chapter 22: Earnings Reports
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Chapter 23: The Rackspace Billion
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Chapter 24: Offsite
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Chapter 25: Driveway
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Chapter 26: David
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Chapter 27: Option Four
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Chapter 28: Jobs
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Postscript
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About
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Ending Credits
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