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Like Clockwork

Like Clockwork

by Sam Goodner

★★★★★ 5.0 · 41 ratings on Amazon
🏆 Bestseller in Business & Organizational Learning

About This Book

Replace unpredictability with precision and run your business like clockwork. Every business leader dreams of building an organization that runs smoothly, scales effectively, and thrives long after their involvement. Few actually achieve it. In Like Clockwork, serial entrepreneur and former Swiss Army officer Sam Goodner reveals the strategies and systems behind his decades of success in building and scaling multimillion-dollar companies. Drawing on real-world business accomplishments and lessons learned from the elite Swiss Mountain Grenadiers, Sam offers practical, actionable principles to create systems-driven organizations that operate with the precision of a Swiss timepiece. From leadership and team alignment to operational excellence, this book delivers a masterclass in executing with clarity, discipline, and resilience. Whether you're a seasoned executive, aspiring entrepreneur, or business unit leader, Like Clockwork provides the tools you need to engineer a company that thrives—year after year, leader after leader.
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Sam Goodner

Sam Goodner

Sam Goodner is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor and a dual citizen of Switzerland and the United States. He transitioned from serving as a mountain infantry officer in the Swiss Army to becoming an Inc. 500 CEO and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. In 1993, he founded Catapult Systems, which became the world's leading Microsoft Systems Integrator before being acquired in 2013. He also founded and sold two software product companies, PowerDOC and Inquisite, started Mobile Alchemy, and launched the digital agency Slingrock. In 2016, he invested in FlashParking, serving as President and later Chief Strategy Officer, and helped guide the company to become the largest parking technology company in the world. Now focused on mentoring at Capital Factory, he is the author of Like Clockwork: Run Your Business with Swiss Army Precision.

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