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Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity

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  • Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
  • Create Date：2022-02-10 10:21:34
  • Update Date：2025-09-07
  • Status：finish
  • Author：Frank Slootman
  • ISBN：B09QBRBKFB
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Reviews

Thiago ，

Quick read， really good pointers on looking at yourself as a product and streamlining your career development。 Also liked learning from his experiences as CEO and his theme on being drivers vs passengers。

Sebastian Gebski ，

Great book - I totally loved the initial 75% （until Slootman revisits all his companies to cover the strategic approach - frankly， that felt a bit repetitive）。Anyway， it's a short and very "to-the-point" book by the current CEO of Snowflake （and ex-CEO of ServiceNow and DomainSomething - sorry I've forgotten the name）。 What's so good about it？1。 the author is very straightforward， he doesn't try to cover anything with sugar2。 this is not a book created by a product visionary or startup hippie-gu Great book - I totally loved the initial 75% （until Slootman revisits all his companies to cover the strategic approach - frankly， that felt a bit repetitive）。Anyway， it's a short and very "to-the-point" book by the current CEO of Snowflake （and ex-CEO of ServiceNow and DomainSomething - sorry I've forgotten the name）。 What's so good about it？1。 the author is very straightforward， he doesn't try to cover anything with sugar2。 this is not a book created by a product visionary or startup hippie-guru - he's a cold-blooded executive who doesn't bootstrap companies - he runs them， operates them and reaps as much of their potential， without any sentiment3。 Snowflake itself （its story and success） it's interesting enough to reach out for this book， but - this is NOT a book about Snowflake history and originsWhat are the flaws （apart from the strategic chapter）？ Well， there was some minor inconsistency when he started about underpromising and overdelivering and then moved to the growth chapter and praised setting up ambitious targets。 There was either some logical conflict there or I was too wasted at that moment （I was listening to the audiobook while running） ;DIn general - highly recommended。 Especially if you're interested in learning about various company cultures， and like to validate how do they correspond to the achieved successes。 。。。more

Korey ，

Guy's a killer。 Some solid leadership lessons， but repetitive material。 Guy's a killer。 Some solid leadership lessons， but repetitive material。 。。。more

Alex Song ，

pretty goodParts of it are trite， but the book is short and straightforward - work your ass off and make sure you surround yourself with the A-team。 I will say the last chapter on board management is quite interesting。

Michelle ，

Im not sure what I was expecting， but the read was lacking。 Slootman successfully lead Data Domain， Servicenow and Snowflake， and no secrets unearthed on how to be brilliant CEO。 Maybe its not that simple and cannot be contained in 10 chapters。

Layla ，

Well written， tactical， to the point， no frills。 Loved it。

Tomasz Onyszko ，

Good book about leading the company from the operator point of view。 It is consistent - no repeated examples how "John" overcome its problems with detailed explanation on the "process"。It is short， it provides an opinionated view on how companies should be run for a growth based on author experience。 Most valuable to people who want to build a business / operate it - even if not at the scale of author's experience。 Last few chapters are highlights from the book but also relevant for people who d Good book about leading the company from the operator point of view。 It is consistent - no repeated examples how "John" overcome its problems with detailed explanation on the "process"。It is short， it provides an opinionated view on how companies should be run for a growth based on author experience。 Most valuable to people who want to build a business / operate it - even if not at the scale of author's experience。 Last few chapters are highlights from the book but also relevant for people who do not want to run the company - especially the one with career/growth approach。 I Amp It up 100% based on my own career experience approach。A book from operator for operators。 。。。more

Mohit ，

TLDR - work really hard， be very focussed， cut out noise。 Got the Audiobook， will probably skim the physical book when available。

Keven Wang ，

Frank is a legend in tech。 Some of the examples are his personal examples。 They need to reader to break it down and apply themselves。 Definitely a decent book full of perspectives。 Not hall of fame worthy though

Connor ，

Normally I reserve 1 star ratings for books I don’t finish。 But this book was awful。 The original Amp It Up article was excellent。 Key points: execution beats strategy; high performance culture requires: 1） focus （clear priorities）; 2） high standards; 3） high tempo （urgency + intensity）; 4） complete employee alignment with objectives。