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The natural size
When you’re thinking of how to make your business bigger, it’s tempting to try to think all the big thoughts and come up with world-changing massive-action plans. But please know that it’s often the tiny details that really thrill people enough to make them tell all their friends about you.
Derek Sivers • Anything You Want: 40 Lessons for a New Kind of Entrepreneur
I’ve seen small things get big. I like treating things as if they’re small. Even though Amazon is a large company, I want it to have the heart and spirit of a small one.
David M. Rubenstein • How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers
When I was in grad school, the unstated assumption in most of what we were taught was that the sole point of a business (or any institution, really) was to grow. To grow, grow, grow, to as large a scale as possible. To build an empire, take over the world. My classmates — tycoons in waiting — lapped it up. “Lifestyle businesses”? Nah! Those were fo... See more
umair haque • Why We Need to Build Human-Scale Organizations
Sean sees lots of people in the online education world focusing their time entirely on marketing, but his focus is on making his products better for his existing audience.