Looptail, Bruce Poon Tip
Looptail, Bruce Poon Tip
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Looptail
How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business

Author: Bruce Poon Tip

Narrator: Robert Petkoff

Unabridged: 9 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Business Plus

Published: 09/17/2013

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

This book combines an extraordinary first-person account of an entrepreneurial instinct to start and develop a highly-successful international travel adventure company and reveals unusual management secrets that not only keep employees fully engaged but also keep customers extremely happy.
After being fired from McDonald's as a teenager, Poon Tip decided that if he wanted to be successful in life, he would need to be self employed. To do that, he started G Adventures in 1990 with financing based upon his maxed-out credit cards.

But the results were startling: people loved going on vacations to exotic spots around the world where they dealt wtih adventure and action. G Adventures is not for the faint of heart - it's for people who want to get away AND have memories to cherish for a lifetime.

What makes G Adventures so successful? Poon Tip has created an entirely new and refreshing approach to management, which is related in LOOPTAIL. In his company, there's no CEO - but there is a company Mayor. There is no HR dept - but there is a Talent Agency and a company Culture Club.

Poon Tip even offers any employee a check for $5,000 if he or she can actually hurt his feelings with less than positive feedback about the company and how it's being run, So far, nobody has claimed the prize.

About Bruce Poon Tip

BRUCE POON TIP is the author of the #1 national bestseller Looptail and the founder of G Adventures. After returning from a backpacking tour of Asia in 1990, Poon Tip was driven to share his passion and vision for authentic and environmentally sustainable travel. With nothing more than his own personal credit cards, he created G Adventures. What began as a one-man show has grown to become the world’s largest adventure travel company.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jesse on November 06, 2013

I really hope Looptail inspires other entrepreneurs to be social entrepreneurs like Bruce Poon Tip. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Business continues to evolve in parallel to society. We've been through the stage in which businesses provided what the customer needed and through the stag......more

Goodreads review by Lindsay on October 18, 2017

It's hard to enjoy a book when the main protagonist, in this case Bruce, is so clearly not enjoying himself. Despite his constant bragging about company happiness stats and his new-agey ideas about company culture, Bruce is never happy. If employee happiness is so important, isn't he another employe......more

Goodreads review by David on August 12, 2013

A fantastic true story of how Bruce Poon Tip honed his entrepreneurial skills to create the worlds most successful adventure travel company, G Adventures. But its so much more than that - Poon Tip reveals some of the secrets that make G Adventures one of the most admired corporate cultures and busine......more

Quotes

From the Foreword of LOOPTAIL from His Holiness the Dalai Lama:

This book by Bruce Poon Tip encourages me. I met Bruce in May this year. In today's materialistic world where people risk becoming slaves to money, Bruce seems to be one of those entrepreneurs who understand that human dignity, freedom and genuine well-being are more important than the mere accumulation of wealth. Wealth should serve humanity, and not vice versa. The stark economic inequality between rich and poor is not only morally wrong, but is the source of many practical problems, including war, sectarian violence, and the social tensions created by large-scale economic migration.

Not only in his business, but also in this account of his adventures, Bruce Poon Tip is making an active contribution to creating a more peaceful and happier world, while at the same time creating a model from which others can learn.

"I've never bribed my way out of a Burmese prison, nor have I climbed anything higher than a few flights of stairs, but Bruce has the courage not only to brave these, but also to lead a company with the candor and character demanded from our twenty-first-century business leaders. Executives take note, the internet age will not be forgiving to companies that fail to walk the talk of being a socially responsible, high-quality business.
-Alexis Ohanian, startup guy: reddit & Hipmunk



"LOOPTAIL gives readers an insightful glimpse into Bruce's world and his philosophy of constantly seeking out new adventures while simultaneously ensuring his company maintains a sense of social responsibility."
-Tony Hsieh, author of the New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness and CEO of Zappos.com, Inc.

"Bruce Poon Tip has created an awesome company that is changing the world. As both a fan and a customer, I loved peeking behind the curtain to see all the greasy inner gears whirl and clink with beauty. LOOPTAIL is not only an incredible story, but also serves as a how-to guide for creating happiness in the workplace!"
-Neil Pasricha, author of the New York Times bestseller The Book of Awesome

"In LOOPTAIL, Bruce Poon Tip shares an entertaining and engaging account of his entrepreneurial success story of how he built his company from the ground up, and how elevating customer and employee engagement to a higher purpose can also be great for business."
-Marc Benioff, co-founder and CEO, Salesforce.com

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