Shut Up and Listen!
Hard Business Truths that Will Help You Succeed
Published on 31. October 2019
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-4002-1373-3 (ISBN)
Description
Shut Up and Listen! is a true leadership roadmap to the summit of career success and satisfaction, featuring concise principles for entrepreneurs and business leaders at any level.
Tilman Fertitta, also known as the Billion Dollar Buyer, started his hospitality empire thirty years ago with just one restaurant. Over the years, he's stayed true to the principles that helped him build the largest single-shareholder company in America, with over $4 billion in revenue, including hundreds of restaurants (Landry's Seafood, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Morton's Steakhouse, Mastro's, Rainforest Cafe, and over forty more restaurant concepts) and five Golden Nugget Casinos. He's also sole owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets. This book shares the key insights that made it all possible.
In Shut Up and Listen!, Fertitta shares straight-talk "Tilmanisms" around six key action items that any entrepreneur can adopt today:
Be the Bull
No Spare Customers
Change, Change, Change
Know Your Numbers
Follow the 95/5 Rule
Take No Out of Your Vocabulary
For aspiring entrepreneurs or people in business, this guide will help you take your company to the next level. When you put this book down, you'll know what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong to operate your business, and if you're just getting started, it will help set you up for success.
A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred book, Shut Up and Listen! offers practical, hard-earned wisdom from one of the most successful business owners in the world.
Tilman Fertitta, also known as the Billion Dollar Buyer, started his hospitality empire thirty years ago with just one restaurant. Over the years, he's stayed true to the principles that helped him build the largest single-shareholder company in America, with over $4 billion in revenue, including hundreds of restaurants (Landry's Seafood, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Morton's Steakhouse, Mastro's, Rainforest Cafe, and over forty more restaurant concepts) and five Golden Nugget Casinos. He's also sole owner of the NBA's Houston Rockets. This book shares the key insights that made it all possible.
In Shut Up and Listen!, Fertitta shares straight-talk "Tilmanisms" around six key action items that any entrepreneur can adopt today:
Be the Bull
No Spare Customers
Change, Change, Change
Know Your Numbers
Follow the 95/5 Rule
Take No Out of Your Vocabulary
For aspiring entrepreneurs or people in business, this guide will help you take your company to the next level. When you put this book down, you'll know what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong to operate your business, and if you're just getting started, it will help set you up for success.
A groundbreaking, no-holds-barred book, Shut Up and Listen! offers practical, hard-earned wisdom from one of the most successful business owners in the world.
Reviews / Votes
'Mr. Fertitta provides great insights to apply to the management of businesses, and people, that span all industries and all cultures.' --YAO MING, business executive, former Houston Rocket and NBA All-Star 'Tilman doesn't just understand business--he understands what the customer wants because of his rare ability to see the world through other people's eyes.' --MICHAEL MILKEN, Chairman, The Milken Institute 'Tilman offers up compelling lessons on how to build and run a business. If you want to rocket your business to new heights, this is the book for you.' --SCOTT KELLY, Capt. US Navy Retired, former NASA astronaut 'Tilman's swag comes through loud and clear on every page, telling you what you need to do to be successful.' --JAMES HARDEN, NBA Houston Rockets Superstar and MVP 'You will want to reread and review Tilman's timeless lessons for business owners over and over again.' --TOM BRADY, six-time Super Bowl Champion, four-time Super Bowl MVP, three-time NFL MVPMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
HarperCollins Focus
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
295 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4002-1373-3 (9781400213733)
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Persons
Tilman Fertitta, a Houston native, is an accomplished businessman and recognized as a world leader in the dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming industries, and who Forbes referred to as "the richest restauranteur in the world." Fertitta is the star of his own reality TV show on CNBC, Billion Dollar Buyer, and is also the sole owner of Fertitta Entertainment, which owns the restaurant giant Landry's, the Golden Nugget Casinos and Hotels, and the NBA's Houston Rockets.