Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career
With Zoom, Fortune magazine extends one of its most successful franchises, 40 Under 40, to bring you original insight on the best-kept secrets of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and rising tech stars. Discover how Zappos CEO Tony Hsiehbuilt a uniquely attractive corporate culture, how Under Armour founder Kevin Plank took on Nike, and what Marissa Mayer told herself before leaping from a safe post at Google to the high-risk top job at Yahoo. Zoom features the fascinating profiles of these and other young innovators and provides readers with tips to fast-track their own career success.

Additional contributors include: Omar Akhtar; Katie Benner; Ryan Bradley; Erika Fry; Miguel Helft; Michal Lev-Ram; Pattie Sellers; Anne VanderMey; and Kurt Wagner.

Praise for Zoom:

"Zoom shocases dozens of today's brightest young business stars... An entertaining and accessible read."

- Reid Hoffman, co-founder and chairman, LinkedIn; co-author, The Start-Up of You


"Make way, Boomers - here come the Zoomers... A smart and lively book."

- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive

"Compelling profiles of young innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders... It is also a fascinating read!"

- Tory Burch, CEO, Tory Burch LLC

"Zoom is chock-full of inspirational stories... Fortune 500 leaders will benefit enormously by applying the lessons in this book."

- Jim Stengel, former CMO of Procter & Gamble; author of Grow

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Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career
With Zoom, Fortune magazine extends one of its most successful franchises, 40 Under 40, to bring you original insight on the best-kept secrets of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and rising tech stars. Discover how Zappos CEO Tony Hsiehbuilt a uniquely attractive corporate culture, how Under Armour founder Kevin Plank took on Nike, and what Marissa Mayer told herself before leaping from a safe post at Google to the high-risk top job at Yahoo. Zoom features the fascinating profiles of these and other young innovators and provides readers with tips to fast-track their own career success.

Additional contributors include: Omar Akhtar; Katie Benner; Ryan Bradley; Erika Fry; Miguel Helft; Michal Lev-Ram; Pattie Sellers; Anne VanderMey; and Kurt Wagner.

Praise for Zoom:

"Zoom shocases dozens of today's brightest young business stars... An entertaining and accessible read."

- Reid Hoffman, co-founder and chairman, LinkedIn; co-author, The Start-Up of You


"Make way, Boomers - here come the Zoomers... A smart and lively book."

- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive

"Compelling profiles of young innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders... It is also a fascinating read!"

- Tory Burch, CEO, Tory Burch LLC

"Zoom is chock-full of inspirational stories... Fortune 500 leaders will benefit enormously by applying the lessons in this book."

- Jim Stengel, former CMO of Procter & Gamble; author of Grow

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Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career

Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career

Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career

Fortune Zoom: Surprising Ways to Supercharge Your Career

Overview

With Zoom, Fortune magazine extends one of its most successful franchises, 40 Under 40, to bring you original insight on the best-kept secrets of top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and rising tech stars. Discover how Zappos CEO Tony Hsiehbuilt a uniquely attractive corporate culture, how Under Armour founder Kevin Plank took on Nike, and what Marissa Mayer told herself before leaping from a safe post at Google to the high-risk top job at Yahoo. Zoom features the fascinating profiles of these and other young innovators and provides readers with tips to fast-track their own career success.

Additional contributors include: Omar Akhtar; Katie Benner; Ryan Bradley; Erika Fry; Miguel Helft; Michal Lev-Ram; Pattie Sellers; Anne VanderMey; and Kurt Wagner.

Praise for Zoom:

"Zoom shocases dozens of today's brightest young business stars... An entertaining and accessible read."

- Reid Hoffman, co-founder and chairman, LinkedIn; co-author, The Start-Up of You


"Make way, Boomers - here come the Zoomers... A smart and lively book."

- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell is Human and Drive

"Compelling profiles of young innovators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders... It is also a fascinating read!"

- Tory Burch, CEO, Tory Burch LLC

"Zoom is chock-full of inspirational stories... Fortune 500 leaders will benefit enormously by applying the lessons in this book."

- Jim Stengel, former CMO of Procter & Gamble; author of Grow

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781618939074
Publisher: Time Home Entertainment
Publication date: 09/17/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

FORTUNE is a global leader in business journalism with a domestic print and tablet circulation of over 845,000 and a global readership of nearly 5 million, which include major franchises such as the FORTUNE 500 and the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For.

Table of Contents

Foreword Marc Andreessen 11

Introduction Leigh Gallagher 15

Chapter 1 Challenge Goliath Kevin Plank Katrina Markoff John Janick 23

Chapter 2 Get In Over Your Head Marissa Mayer Elon Musk Meredith Whitney 45

Chapter 3 Start a Cult Tony Hsieh Larry Page Sergey Brin Eric Ryan Adam Lowry 65

Chapter 4 Follow Your First Love David Chang Kevin Feige Seth MacFarlane 89

Chapter 5 Find a Problem Jennifer Hyman Jennifer Fleiss Perry Chen Yancey Strickler Charles Adler Brian Chesky 109

Chapter 6 Do One Thing Well Jess Lee Kevin Systrom Biz Stone Ev Williams 131

Chapter 7 Stand by Your Company Dolf Van Den Brink Rob Goldstein Aditya Mittal 155

Chapter 8 Think of Others Scott Harrison Ben Rattray Blake Mycoskie 177

Chapter 9 Bounce Back Hosain Rahman Boaz Weinstein Lebron James 203

In Their Own Words: Tips and Advice From Zoomers 225

Appendix: Where Are They Now? The 40 Under 40 Class Lists 251

Acknowledgments 271

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