Billion or Bust!: Growing a Tech Company in Texas

By Lanham Napier and Becca Braun

Book Overview

Surprise Bestseller

"Billion or Bust " by Lanham Napier offers a gripping perspective on entrepreneurship, cloud computing, and the strategic effort to build a billion-dollar company.

Napier, the former CEO of Rackspace, transformed the fledgling hosting company into a global leader in cloud computing services. Employing a customer-centric approach known as "Fanatical Support," he navigated the company through the tech industry's twists and turns.

In "Billion or Bust " Napier explains the strategic and technical aspects that undergirded Rackspace's growth. A strong, customer-focused culture, he argues, drives innovation. Throughout the book, Napier emphasizes the importance of people in Rackspace's success, highlighting stories of the Rackspace team's resilience and creativity.

Napier gives readers a comprehensive blueprint for building and scaling a successful tech company, blending personal experiences with strategic insights and in-depth analysis. In the process, he examines cloud computing and its evolution, startup scaling, tech industry leadership, and strategic decision-making and risk management.

For anyone interested in entrepreneurship, technology, and business leadership, "Billion or Bust " is an essential read.

"BILLION OR BUST is a lively, thoughtful, and engaging story of a man, a business, and a city, told with a thoroughly Texan degree of vigor and verve." - TheIndieReader

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692174885
• ISBN13: 9780692174883
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Braun Ink
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"