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description: a phrase often used in finance and law firms to describe a compensation system where employees earn from their own efforts

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The Self-Made Billionaire Effect: How Extreme Producers Create Massive Value

by John Sviokla and Mitch Cohen  · 30 Dec 2014  · 252pp  · 70,424 words

value, we want to give you your share of what you actually created. Now you’re going to get your share—not in the future. Eat what you kill. If you do it, you get it. This deal is not just about money. This is about being partners and working together and sharing the

Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis

by Anatole Kaletsky  · 22 Jun 2010  · 484pp  · 136,735 words

provision of defibrillators in public places.5 Banks driven to the brink of failure could no longer pretend that their reckless disregard for risk and “eat what you kill” bonus culture was purely a private matter between their shareholders, directors, and employees. Investors ruined by relying on theories of efficient and rational financial markets

Working Identity, Updated Edition, With a New Preface: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

by Herminia Ibarra  · 17 Oct 2023  · 200pp  · 67,943 words

the other hand, was going it alone. She might have had a good network of fellow coaches and potential clients, but in freelance work, “You eat what you kill.” Given her self-described attitudes about money and climbing the corporate ladder, not to mention the agony she suffered in deciding what to do, the

SUPERHUBS: How the Financial Elite and Their Networks Rule Our World

by Sandra Navidi  · 24 Jan 2017  · 831pp  · 98,409 words

popular in the financial world such as, “You are only as good as your last deal,” “What have you done for me lately?” and “You eat what you kill.” Recruiters give promising young professionals the star treatment and seduce them with prestigious and high-salaried job offers. Initially, the stimulating environment is invigorating, and

Dawn of the Code War: America's Battle Against Russia, China, and the Rising Global Cyber Threat

by John P. Carlin and Garrett M. Graff  · 15 Oct 2018  · 568pp  · 164,014 words

Congress carefully and specifically allocates money to various agencies, North Korea, starved for hard currency, has long let its military and intelligence agencies pursue an “eat what you kill” strategy. In North Korea, you can spend what you steal or earn overseas, which is why the country has traditionally been one of the world

What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its Unintended Consequences

by Steven G. Mandis  · 9 Sep 2013  · 413pp  · 117,782 words

-406-002 (Boston: Harvard Business School, 2007). 19. I. Ross, “How Goldman Sachs Grew and Grew, Fortune, July 9, 1984, 158. 20. Milton C. Regan (Eat What You Kill: The Fall of a Wall Street Lawyer [Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2004], 86–87) provides a concise account of the short-lived

Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism

by Jeff Gramm  · 23 Feb 2016  · 384pp  · 103,658 words

portfolio managers who generated $51 million of fees in 2003 and almost $60 million the following year. The hedge fund industry is famous for its “eat what you kill” compensation structures. Henry’s pay for managing a $2.5 billion hedge fund was almost certainly lower than that of most of his industry peers

The New Tycoons: Inside the Trillion Dollar Private Equity Industry That Owns Everything

by Jason Kelly  · 10 Sep 2012  · 274pp  · 81,008 words

formative in a number of ways, including how the founders decided they would pay their employees. Like many Wall Street firms, Bear Stearns had an “eat what you kill” culture whereby your compensation was largely based on what business you brought in. Kravis described a culture where you locked your office or your desk

How to Kick Ass on Wall Street

by Andy Kessler  · 4 Jun 2012  · 77pp  · 18,414 words

real way to get paid is to take your talents to the buyside - to an investment fund or even to a hedge fund. There you eat what you kill. You make outsize returns in any given year and you’ll get paid for it. There is an even better reason to eventually move to

Work Less, Live More: The Way to Semi-Retirement

by Robert Clyatt  · 28 Sep 2007

semi-retiree who has sales or business development skills, working as a dealer, agent, or broker can be the perfect match. Some call this the “Eat what you kill” approach to business. If you put together a chapter 6 | Do Anything You Want, But Do Something | 279 deal, you get paid; otherwise, nothing. Examples

The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead

by David Callahan  · 1 Jan 2004  · 452pp  · 110,488 words

Street Fighters: The Last 72 Hours of Bear Stearns, the Toughest Firm on Wall Street

by Kate Kelly  · 14 Apr 2009  · 258pp  · 71,880 words

ZeroMQ

by Pieter Hintjens  · 12 Mar 2013  · 1,025pp  · 150,187 words

Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork

by Reeves Wiedeman  · 19 Oct 2020  · 303pp  · 100,516 words

Be Obsessed or Be Average

by Grant Cardone  · 20 Sep 2016  · 177pp  · 56,657 words

The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History

by David Enrich  · 21 Mar 2017  · 513pp  · 141,153 words

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

by Jessica Livingston  · 14 Aug 2008  · 468pp  · 233,091 words

For the Love of Money: A Memoir

by Sam Polk  · 18 Jul 2016  · 247pp  · 74,612 words

Hedgehogging

by Barton Biggs  · 3 Jan 2005

Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making for an Unknowable Future

by Mervyn King and John Kay  · 5 Mar 2020  · 807pp  · 154,435 words

The Golden Passport: Harvard Business School, the Limits of Capitalism, and the Moral Failure of the MBA Elite

by Duff McDonald  · 24 Apr 2017  · 827pp  · 239,762 words

Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits

by Kevin Roose  · 18 Feb 2014  · 269pp  · 83,307 words

How Money Became Dangerous

by Christopher Varelas  · 15 Oct 2019  · 477pp  · 144,329 words