The Excel Phenomenon: The Astonishing Success Story of the Fastest-Growing Communications Company-And What It Means to You - Hardcover

Robinson, James W.

 
9780761511717: The Excel Phenomenon: The Astonishing Success Story of the Fastest-Growing Communications Company-And What It Means to You

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A profile of the telecommunications company describes its successful challenge to AT&T after its long-distance service monopoly ended in 1984

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<b>James W. Robinson</b>, author of <i>Better Speeches in Ten Simple Steps, Doing Business in Vietnam,</i> and <i>After the Revolution</i> (all from Prima), is a veteran speechwriter and political communicator who has worked for some of America's top business leaders and elected officials, including Ronald Reagan, former California governor George Deukmejian, and California attorney general Dan Lungren. From 1987 to 1993 he served as the trade representative for the governor of California and later as the state’s world trade commissioner. His accomplishments include overseeing the establishment of California’s five foreign trade and investment offices, including its Asian offices located in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Mr. Robinson is currently the vice president of public affairs for the American Trucking

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Happened, Where It's Going, <br>and Why It Matters to You</b><br>This is the story of a remarkable business opportunity, one that is open to all and is as simple to grasp as a telephone handset. It's about good old American ingenuity. It's about offering consumers a better deal. It's about people helping people. It's about accomodating and strengthening a family while working for financial achievement. It's about false starts and missteps, too, but in the end the brief history of Excel Communications, Inc., is the ultimate American success story. <br>If you believe in challenging conventional wisdom, or if you're looking for reassurance that ideas still count in our society, this story is for you. Old assumptions crumble. New ideas emerge. Opportunity abbounds. Think about it: For nearly a century, there was only one phone company, and almost everyone―scholars, economists, politicians, business executives, and consumers―just assumed that was the way it had to be. Then in the e

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