(A little late to this party) But I'm obsessed with LEGO as a company.
world's biggest toy company (2x Mattel and Hasbro)
and a culture + strategy that's persisted since its founding in 1932 https://t.co/TzVWSH2Yld
(A little late to this party) But I'm obsessed with LEGO as a company. world's biggest toy company (2x Mattel and Hasbro) and a culture + strategy that's persisted since its founding in 1932 https://t.co/TzVWSH2Yld
This locks toy companies into a challenging bet. Every year, they have to a) predict trends, b) invent them, and c) commit capital to them. All without knowing how the rest of the year will turn out. Since toy trends exist, but don’t last for very long, they have to invent new products every year—but the technological state of the art doesn’t advan... See more
Byrne Hobart • The Diff | Byrne Hobart | Substack
Lego: Playing Well — Chartr: Data Storytelling
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Google is a principle-powered business. It has a now-famous set of corporate principles. 1. Focus on the user and all else will follow. 2. It’s best to do one thing really, really well. 3. Fast is better than slow. 4. Democracy on the Web works. 5. You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer. 6. You can make money without doing evil. 7. The
... See moreUmair Haque • The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business
It succeeds because the company was founded on a strong sense of taste, and its employees work hard to protect the original vision. That means pushing each other to make objects that test their creative abilities and earn enough revenue to ensure that the vision survives.
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
The most valuable kind of company maintains an openness to invention that is most characteristic of beginnings. This leads to a second, less obvious understanding of the founding: it lasts as long as a company is creating new things, and it ends when creation stops. If you get the founding moment right, you can do more than create a valuable compan
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