Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Good to Great)
by Jim Collins
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“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
Source →Recommended by 8 notable people, including Ev Williams and Tim O’Reilly
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Recommended by 12 sources and appears in Small Business, New Business, and Best Startup Books.
Drawing upon a sixyear research project at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras took eighteen truly exceptional and longlasting companies and studied each in direct comparison to one of its top competitors. They examined the companies from their very beginnings to the present day as startup...
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“4/ Built to Last. Jim Collins shows how central a distinct mission and culture are to many great and lasting companies and how they can trump the “best practices” taught in business schools in the marketplace. | My favorite business book is Built to Last. | The idea here is that great companies aren't afraid to have strong values. In fact, their cultlike values are what make them stand out from the norm.”
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