Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
What separates enduring great companies from the merely good ones.
1 founder on the eChai network recommends Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras.
Based on a six-year study at Stanford, the book compares eighteen visionary companies against close competitors to find what made them last for decades. The authors argue that great companies are built around a core ideology and a culture of relentless progress, not around a single charismatic leader or product. They introduce ideas like the BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) and clock-building over time-telling.
Founders obsess over products, but this book makes the case that the most durable thing you can build is the company itself, its values, and its self-renewing culture. It reframes the founder's job from being the genius to being the architect of an organization that outlives any one person.
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Founders obsess over products, but this book makes the case that the most durable thing you can build is the company itself, its values, and its self-renewing culture. It reframes the founder's job from being the genius to being the architect of an organization that outlives any one person.
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