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Harvard Business Review Press
Ron Shaich
Know What Matters
N/A
2023
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Publisher > Harvard Business Review Press
Author > Ron Shaich
Title > Know What Matters
Issue > N/A
Year > 2023
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ISBN > 9781647825607
Pages > 313
Genre > Business-Strategy
Language > English
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Type > RETAIL
Media > Book
Format > .EPUB
Section > eBook
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Published > 2023-10
Release > 2026-05-24
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https://bookshop.org/p/books/know-what-matters-lessons-from-a-lifetime-of-
transformations-ron-shaich/5f7b8ae31140c92b
A Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller Ron Shaich, founder and former
CEO of Panera Bread, shares the lessons he learned from a lifetime of asking
what really matters and then making the transformations necessary to bring what
really matters to life. Shaich is a business visionary who has been part of
building three iconic restaurant brands: Au Bon Pain, Panera Bread, and now
Cava. Along the way, he developed "fast casual," a $100 billionplus segment of
the industry. Now he reveals what he learned about entrepreneurship, running
large enterprises, business transformation, and life itself. He illustrates
these lessons with his experiences turning a 400-square-foot cookie store into
2,400 restaurants with $5 billion in revenue, delivering annual investor returns
of 25 percent over two decades, and outperforming both Starbucks and Chipotle.
How did Shaich succeed repeatedly in such a notoriously tough industry? By
discovering today what will matter tomorrow and never hesitating to undertake
sweeping transformations in order to get the job done. Shaich offers clear-
headed lessons for the entire life cycle of an enterprise, from bootstrapping a
startup to going public to managing large companies to selling a business. And
the relevance of his message doesn't end in the boardroom. He challenges readers
to grapple with how the business impacts life, sharing his own struggles and
setbacks with as much candor as he describes his successes. Telling yourself the
truth, knowing what really matters, and getting it done is the path to creating
and sustaining a meaningful life, a market-leading business, and even a
healthier society. Shaich's reflections are sometimes practical ("Make smart
bets"), sometimes philosophical ("Conduct an annual pre-mortem"), often
challenging ("You don't own the business, the business owns you"), and always
incisive ("You take the money, I'll take control."). Know What Matters is a
powerful guide to building transformative businesses while leading a life you
respect and leaving a positive impact on the world.
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