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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
by David Callahan · 1 Jan 2004 · 452pp · 110,488 words
by Kate Kelly · 14 Apr 2009 · 258pp · 71,880 words
by Pieter Hintjens · 12 Mar 2013 · 1,025pp · 150,187 words
by Reeves Wiedeman · 19 Oct 2020 · 303pp · 100,516 words
by Grant Cardone · 20 Sep 2016 · 177pp · 56,657 words
by David Enrich · 21 Mar 2017 · 513pp · 141,153 words
by Jessica Livingston · 14 Aug 2008 · 468pp · 233,091 words
by Sam Polk · 18 Jul 2016 · 247pp · 74,612 words
by Barton Biggs · 3 Jan 2005
by Mervyn King and John Kay · 5 Mar 2020 · 807pp · 154,435 words
by Duff McDonald · 24 Apr 2017 · 827pp · 239,762 words
by Kevin Roose · 18 Feb 2014 · 269pp · 83,307 words
by Christopher Varelas · 15 Oct 2019 · 477pp · 144,329 words