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Frictionless Why the Future of Everything Will Be Fast, Fluid, and Made Just for You

Frictionless: Why the Future of Everything Will Be Fast, Fluid, and Made Just for You

By Christiane LeMieux and Duff McDonald

"Entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux offers a guidebook to the new rules of entrepreneurialism and teaches young founders how to get ahead with profiles from successful entrepreneurs such as Leslie Blodgett at Bare Minerals, Justin Woolverton at Halo Top and Robert Wang at Instant Pot"--

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Publisher: Harper Business
Publish Date: 06/23/2020
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780062893673
ISBN-10: 006289367X
Language: Eng

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December 29, 2020

We will be announcing the overall winner of the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards on January 14. Until then, we are taking a look back at the books in contention for the award. Today, we have the books in the Marketing & Sales category, and a look inside the one we chose as the best among them. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

December 03, 2020

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Serial entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux describes the new rules of entrepreneurship and business, arguing that visionary startups leverage the concept of "frictionless" to beat their competitors.

Based on interviews with dozens of startup founders, experts and scholars on entrepreneurship, Frictionless provides readers with a wide-ranging education in starting companies that thrive in the world of frictionless commerce--made possible by new technologies, a new mindset, and new demands from Millennial consumers. Working with bestselling author and journalist Duff McDonald, Lemieux also shares her own story--lessons learned, failures absorbed--at the helm of DwellStudio (which was acquired by Wayfair) and her latest venture, The Inside.

Some founders profiled in the book are reducing friction in their own business models, others reduce friction through improved customer experiences, and still others are revolutionizing their operations to create frictionless organizations. Readers will glean lessons from the founders of well-known companies such as Instant Pot, Bonobos, Hims, and Halo Top--as well as upstarts Billie, Dame Products, and Convene.

Frictionless outlines the groundwork necessary for getting a company up-and-running and explains how companies make and market products and services while meeting the demands of their customers and employees today. Frictionless is the essential handbook for creating tomorrow's mind set and competitive advantage.


About the Authors

Christiane Lemieux is a serial entrepreneur. She is the founder of direct-to-consumer home furnishings brand, The Inside and also operates and designs her namesake lifestyle brand, Lemieux et Cie. The first company she founded, DwellStudio, sold to Wayfair in 2013, where Lemieux served as Wayfair's Executive Creative Director until 2016.

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A contributing editor at The New York Observer , Duff McDonald has also written for Vanity Fair , The New Yorker , New York magazine, Fortune , and Esquire , among other publications.

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