Greatness
exploring the foundations of quality and the currents that fight against mediocrity
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Greatness
focus on quality. There’s no competitive advantage in volume. You are going to lose to the robots.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't
Jim Collins • 7 highlights
amazon.com
Patrick Collison on Stripe:
“My intuition is that more of Stripe success than one would think is down to the fact that people like beautiful things and for rational reasons.
Because, what does a beautiful thing tell you? It tells you the person who made it really cared, and you can observe... See more
A lot of companies talk about quality, but if you want your brand to be timeless, you have to be a fanatic about it. Before we launch a Louis Vuitton suitcase, for example, we put it in a torture machine, where it is opened and closed five times per minute for three weeks. And that is not all—it is thrown, and shaken, and crushed. You would laugh
... See moreSuzy Wetlaufer • The Perfect Paradox of Star Brands: An Interview with Bernard Arnault of LVMH
Founders
link.sbstck.comJason Shen summarizes Paul Graham’s Do Great Work
"Every product in the world, the quality at the end of the day is simply a reflection of how much the people who created it gave a shit about the product."
-Tobi, founder of Shopify
Mediocrity
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