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Zilch The Power of Zero in Business

Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business

By Nancy Lublin

The CEO of the youth volunteering organization Do Something offers ideas for smart ways companies can cut costs while improving results.

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Publisher: Portfolio
Publish Date: 06/24/2010
Pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9781591843146
ISBN-10: 1591843146
Language: Eng

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July 15, 2010

Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business by Nancy Lublin, Portfolio, 246 pages, $25. 95 Hardcover, June 2010, ISBN 9781591843146 On the surface, Nancy Lublin’s book seems to be about non-profits, but as you get a few pages in, it becomes apparent that Lublin uses her experience as a non-profit CEO to inspire for-profits to think about business differently. Non-profits have no budgets and small staffs made up primarily of volunteers, yet they often attain high productivity and impact. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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A leading not-for-profit CEO on smart ways companies can cut costs while improving results
As CEO of the youth volunteering organization Do Something, Nancy Lublin has overseen its dramatic growth since 2003. She helped it evolve from a debt-ridden, stodgy not-for-profit to a fast-moving, buzz-driven magnet for teens. Do Something now draws more than one million monthly hits on its Web site, while dispensing millions in grant money to young people with good ideas and a hunger to help others.
Lublin now shows why the best not-for-profits are brilliant at doing more with less and what the mainstream business world can learn from them, especially in tough times. For instance, organizations like Do Something are tops at motivating people with nonfinancial incentives and doing effective grassroots marketing on a shoestring budget.
Lublin's book distills the best lessons and stories from her career and includes interviews with other leaders of flourishing not-for-profits, such as Wendy Kopp of Teach for America, Adam Sterling of Save Darfur, and John Lilly of Mozilla.

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Nancy Lublin is the CEO and Chief Old Person of DoSomething. org, which uses technology and pop culture to help young people rock causes they care about.

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