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Abie Cohen • 10 cards
This month marks 40 years since Danaher was founded. And over those 40 years, Danaher has delivered total shareholder returns over 180,000% and is the only US publicly traded company that has outperformed the S&P 500 in every five year period.
Today, I wanted to share with you their very first shareholder... See more
I wrote an Operating Manual for @awilkinson & Tiny, a holding company for “wonderful internet businesses”.
Andrew now owns 20+ businesses & starts new companies with only 4 hours of work.
He is a master of delegation.
This is how he makes it... See more
Colin Keeleyx.comArmed with that realization, he set about the task of creating a foolproof, predictable business. A systems-dependent business, not a people-dependent business. A business that could work without him. Unlike most small business owners before him—and since—Ray Kroc went to work on his business, not in it.
Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
The Art of Foundership
Lindsey Volk • 1 card
When you describe the culture and values and character of a company, not even through like the internal workings but in the way that the product experience feels when you use it, it’s almost indistinguishable from the founder’s personality. And very rarely does a company, even when it goes through multiple CEOs significantly deviate from that that... See more
Ben Gilbert • The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Brad Stone, author of The Upstarts & The Everything Store | Acquired Podcast
Clarity of purpose Summarizes the company’s business on the back of a business card. Large markets Address existing markets poised for rapid growth or change. A market on the path to a $1B potential allows for error and time for real margins to develop. Rich customers Target customers who will move fast and pay a premium for a unique offering.... See more
Sequoia Capital • Elements of Enduring Companies
JEFF BEZOS Founder and CEO, Amazon; Owner, the Washington Post
David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
The common factors that are most likely to recur in the narratives of great investments are that the company should have open-ended growth opportunities that they should work hard never to define or time, that it has initial leadership that thinks like a founder (and almost always is one) and that has a distinctive philosophy of business – almost... See more