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Book is full of inspiring case studies of successful small businesses. Author's writing is terrific, his story telling superb, the book an inspiration for anyone who is a business owner. Book inspires even an upcoming entrepreneur to believe they can ... Read More
There is a trend with stakeholder capitalism and certified b corporations that expands the approach of personal beliefs and values to larger corporations.
Bo burlingham is the author of small companies that choose to be great instead of big. In it, he tells the story behind the elusive power of mojo in business.
Everything the author has written about staying small, resonates with me 100%. Throughout the book i pondered endlessly over possible steps to create a 'small giant' in many ways this book certainly helps you understand that the current mantra of size... Read More
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This book falls to the common delusion that you can extend broad truths from a narrow set of examples. What's most disappointing in this read is why there are no references to the concerns of anyone other than the owners of the companies. I feel this ... Read More
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Quality
I read the 10th anniversary edition and really liked the way the author shared lessons that could be learned from watching what... Read More
After reading jim collins seminal work good to great i became enamored with the idea of scope as it pertains to business success
But with the help of this book its clear that growing for growths sake only makes absolutely no sense
It helps to explain why it is better to emphacize quality of service to both staff and consumer rather than growth for growths sake
Competitiveness
Our biggest competition is mediocrity is my favourite quote from this book and it perfectly reflects the attitude that most of ... Read More
If it werent for customers then there would be no business
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- This product had a total of 540 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 30 2023.
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It helps to explain why it is better to emphacize quality of service to both staff and consumer rather than growth for growths sake
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Wish i had read this earlier perhaps my last business could have been saved
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I would like to work for a company similar to the ones in this book
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However i didn’t liked that the author jumps from a story to another in the same chapter
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I understood that this is a topicrelated approach and it’s not that big of a deal but for me the reading might had been better if it might had been written company by company not topic by topic with refferences to all the companies adressed in each chapter
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The content was informative and useful but for some reason i found this one somewhat difficult to get through
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Burlinghams criteria for profiling a small giant were that the company must be privately held successful over several years and the owner must have passed up opportunities to sell or to take the company public
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The choice not to further scale up can be deliberate and clear
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