by johnireland | The Book Shelf
Finish Big by Bo Burlingham asks a question most business books ignore: not what your company sold for, but whether you were glad afterwards. Burlingham interviewed dozens of owners who had exited. The ones who were content had usually started preparing three to eight...
by johnireland | Articles
Most business books about selling a company are written for people who want the highest number. Finish Big is written for people who want to be able to live with themselves afterwards, and that makes it a far more useful book for anyone thinking about succession. Bo...
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The Question Behind the Research Jim Collins and his research team spent five years asking a single question: why do some companies make the leap from being merely good to being truly great — and sustain that greatness — while others in the same industries, with the...
by johnireland | The Book Shelf
The Book Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio is a guide to systematic decision-making, drawn from four decades of running one of the world’s largest hedge funds. It has sold over four million copies and remains one of the most influential business books of...
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The Book in Brief Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio was first published in 2017 and has since sold over four million copies worldwide. Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and the book distils the...
