Corporate Undertaker
Domenic Aversa
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
“A forensic manual on why companies fail.”— Kirkus Reviews
"A savage peek behind the corporate curtain. The power of Aversa's storytelling is undeniable. Corporate Undertaker truly is a gripping read." — Self-Publishing Review
Filled with more than fifty business lessons and dozens of stories of companies in a fight for their lives, Corporate Undertaker takes readers on a hero’s journey through the eyes of an entrepreneur. It is both a compelling memoir of life at the extremes and a hard-hitting survival handbook for business. If you are looking for answers in today’s tumultuous business environment, Corporate Undertaker has them.
"Not since first reading Stephen Covey have I read such a life-changing, inspiring business book. It is a brilliant book…one I recommend to every single business owner and entrepreneur." —N.N. Light, Top 500 Amazon Reviewer
"Readers will meet a business advocate who risked his life, health and spiritual outlook to try to save the jobs of thousands of employees." — Blue Ink Reviews
For more than 25 years, Domenic Aversa has worked as a crisis manager and corporate restructuring professional. He has advised and operated small and middle-market companies in 45 different industries and worked through every possible extreme with his clients, including coup attempts in developing countries, the dot.com bust, 9/11, Ponzi schemes, corrupt bankers, and the Great Recession. In Corporate Undertaker: Business Lessons from the Dead and Dying, he shares his best advice for dealing with adversity and crisis. From start-up to mature company, he takes you through the exciting and most worrisome moments for leaders and managers.
Duration - 8h 26m.
Author - Domenic Aversa.
Narrator - Digital Voice Matt G.
Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025.
Copyright - © 2019 Domenic Aversa ©.
Location:
United States
Networks:
Domenic Aversa
Digital Voice Matt G
Bublish, Incorporated
English Audiobooks
Findaway Audiobooks
Description:
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. “A forensic manual on why companies fail.”— Kirkus Reviews "A savage peek behind the corporate curtain. The power of Aversa's storytelling is undeniable. Corporate Undertaker truly is a gripping read." — Self-Publishing Review Filled with more than fifty business lessons and dozens of stories of companies in a fight for their lives, Corporate Undertaker takes readers on a hero’s journey through the eyes of an entrepreneur. It is both a compelling memoir of life at the extremes and a hard-hitting survival handbook for business. If you are looking for answers in today’s tumultuous business environment, Corporate Undertaker has them. "Not since first reading Stephen Covey have I read such a life-changing, inspiring business book. It is a brilliant book…one I recommend to every single business owner and entrepreneur." —N.N. Light, Top 500 Amazon Reviewer "Readers will meet a business advocate who risked his life, health and spiritual outlook to try to save the jobs of thousands of employees." — Blue Ink Reviews For more than 25 years, Domenic Aversa has worked as a crisis manager and corporate restructuring professional. He has advised and operated small and middle-market companies in 45 different industries and worked through every possible extreme with his clients, including coup attempts in developing countries, the dot.com bust, 9/11, Ponzi schemes, corrupt bankers, and the Great Recession. In Corporate Undertaker: Business Lessons from the Dead and Dying, he shares his best advice for dealing with adversity and crisis. From start-up to mature company, he takes you through the exciting and most worrisome moments for leaders and managers. Duration - 8h 26m. Author - Domenic Aversa. Narrator - Digital Voice Matt G. Published Date - Monday, 20 January 2025. Copyright - © 2019 Domenic Aversa ©.
Language:
English
Introduction
Duration:00:14:50
Preface
Duration:00:29:35
Life
Duration:02:35:01
Lessons for Life - 1. Seek out mastery.
Duration:00:00:31
Lessons for Life 2. Separate fact from opinion.
Duration:00:00:40
Lessons for Life 3. Dream about the future but work in the short-term.
Duration:00:00:59
Lessons for Life 4. Forget your gut; use your brain.
Duration:00:01:12
Lessons for Life 5. Determine value and non-value added.
Duration:00:01:12
Lessons for Life 6. In business, money is love.
Duration:00:00:44
Lessons for Life 7. Employees are not family.
Duration:00:01:22
Lessons for Life 8. You can’t manage what you can’t measure.
Duration:00:01:11
Lessons for Life 9. What gets paid gets done.
Duration:00:00:51
Lessons for Life 10. Be careful of the Three Wise Men.
Duration:00:01:56
Adversity
Duration:01:11:12
Lessons for Adversity 1. Thank Goliath.
Duration:00:00:59
Lessons for Adversity 2. Uncertainty is waiting for you to discover it.
Duration:00:00:55
Lessons for Adversity 3. You’re not that smart. Get an independent assessment.
Duration:00:01:06
Lessons for Adversity 4. Remember to get paid.
Duration:00:02:27
Lessons for Adversity 5. The answers are on the front lines: Explore storefronts and shop-floors.
Duration:00:01:25
Lessons for Adversity 6. Understand the difference between inside problems and outside problems.
Duration:00:00:44
Lessons for Adversity 7. Create a detailed 13-week cash flow projection.
Duration:00:00:44
Lessons for Adversity 8. Beware of excess debt.
Duration:00:00:47
Lessons for Adversity 9. Do something to keep you moving forward.
Duration:00:01:05
Lessons for Adversity 10. If you’ve decided that you’ve had enough at this point, understand the role of an investment banker.
Duration:00:03:10
Crisis
Duration:01:10:03
Lessons for Crisis 1. Welcome to Special Assets.
Duration:00:01:16
Lessons for Crisis 2. In business, cash is blood.
Duration:00:00:57
Lessons for Crisis 3. Speed of the leader, speed of the group.
Duration:00:01:03
Lessons for Crisis 4. Create calm.
Duration:00:01:57
Lessons for Crisis 5. There is some value in every business.
Duration:00:01:11
Lessons for Crisis 6. You can make do with a lot less than you think.
Duration:00:00:56
Lessons for Crisis 7. Romanticize nothing.
Duration:00:01:21
Lessons for Crisis 8. Stabilize one thing at a time.
Duration:00:00:38
Lessons for Crisis 9. Respect your creditors.
Duration:00:01:36
Lessons for Crisis 10. Under-promise, over-deliver.
Duration:00:01:07
Death
Duration:00:40:59
Lessons for Death 1. Many turnaround consultants don’t want to turn your business around.
Duration:00:03:56
Lessons for Death 2. If you can’t get to a positive cash flow, you have to liquidate in one manner or another—quickly.
Duration:00:01:23
Lessons for Death 3. Preparing a liquidation analysis is part science, part art.
Duration:00:02:14
Lessons for Death 4. If you have to sell your business, take the first and fast buck, not the last buck.
Duration:00:03:19
Lessons for Death 5. Bankruptcy has little to do with you.
Duration:00:02:53
Lessons for Death 6. Be certain all trailing liabilities have been captured in the bankruptcy budget.
Duration:00:01:37
Lessons for Death 7. Accept that the process will make lawyers a lot of money.
Duration:00:02:26
Lessons for Death 8. Prepare for intense scrutiny of all of your previous actions.
Duration:00:02:10
Lessons for Death 9. One last chance: creating a reorganization plan.
Duration:00:00:50
Lessons for Death 10. Exit gracefully and honorably.
Duration:00:00:47
Rebirth
Duration:00:40:55
Lessons for Rebirth 1. Forget the past and embrace where you are today.
Duration:00:00:50
Lessons for Rebirth 2. Always start with what you know.
Duration:00:01:05
Lessons for Rebirth 3. Decide who you will serve.
Duration:00:00:44
Lessons for Rebirth 4. Learn how to sow seeds.
Duration:00:01:46
Lessons for Rebirth 5. Understand the true power of channeled water.
Duration:00:01:04
Lessons for Rebirth 6. Rise with the sun.
Duration:00:01:26
Lessons for Rebirth 7. Find the right soil.
Duration:00:01:15
Lessons for Rebirth 8. Embrace technology and modernization.
Duration:00:00:55
Lessons for Rebirth 9. Till.
Duration:00:01:30
Lessons for Rebirth 10. Prepare for bugs and pests.
Duration:00:00:53
Epilogue
Duration:00:13:31
About the Author
Duration:00:01:09