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Fiverr's Road to 797% Growth: The Decision Frameworks Behind Their Success

Alfred Lin, former COO and CEO at Zappos,

Joseph Michelli • The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW

new zaibatsu’s management was based on a fresh principle: the new zaibatsu took a form that united companies with technology,

Hiromi Mizuno • Science for the Empire: Scientific Nationalism in Modern Japan

We went public, and we have more than 50 percent American investors as shareholders. Before going public, I said to them, “Are you looking for a company that grows very fast, that makes profits that are too high, in our view, quick profits? Do not invest in our company. Do you want a company that grows in a gracious way? That allows suppliers to gr... See more

om.co • Brunello Cucinelli

Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition

Bo Burlingham

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Cover of Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition

Eric Yuan, founder of the video communications company Zoom, started the company at age forty-one; by then, he was a senior vice president at Cisco, leading a thousand-person team.

Ali Tamaseb • Super Founders: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups

“No matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty, your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire. ”

― Akio Morita (founder of Sony), Made in Japan

Barton career can be summed up by his mantra “Power to the People”. His companies take power from the incumbents and give it to consumers. Instead of trying to hoard information, they are on the side of consumers and giving them more data transparency.

kwokchain.com • Making Uncommon Knowledge Common

although we are all interested in margin it must never be done at the expense of our philosophy margin must be obtained by

better buying emphasis on selling the right kinds of goods we want to sell operating efficiencies lower Mark markdowns greater turnover increasing the retail prices and justifying on the basis that we are still competitive could