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Livingston: Is there anything that Adobe does now to preserve the efficiency or the "startupyness" of a young company? Geschke: It gets harder as you get bigger. What John and I have tried to do as chairs of the board is to reinforce to the current CEO, Bruce Chizen, the importance of innovation and the importance of taking some of the in

Jessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

Later, when HP was already a big company, the founders maintained their open-minded approach. The company innovated and grew by making what Hewlett called “small bets” on products and markets that didn’t exist yet. The company’s centralized management layer allocated people and resources between these bets to ensure the promising ones would continu... See more

Dror Poleg • Betting the Firm

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Ryan Holiday • Growth Hacker Marketing: A Primer on the Future of PR, Marketing, and Advertising

Beirne added his own high praise, which was that the attention Gurley received as a sought-after speaker at industry gatherings had secured for Gurley “a lot of mindshare.”

Randall E. Stross • eBoys: The First Inside Account of Venture Capitalists at Work

Therein we find the hidden DNA of the HP Way: the genius of the And. Make a technical contribution and meet customer needs. Take care of your people and demand results. Set unwavering standards and allow immense operating flexibility. Achieve growth and achieve profitability. Limit growth to arenas of distinctive contribution and create new arenas

David Packard • The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company (Collins Business Essentials)

O’Shaughnessy Ventures is a company that invests in creators in the areas of art, science, and technology to help promising creators and their inspiring ideas succeed

Jim O'Shaughnessy • O’Shaughnessy Ventures is Here (EP.140)

Present leaders of Century Club companies see themselves as stewards or custodians of the business and feel an obligation to manage the firm in a way that both honors the past and ensures its survival into the future. This deliberate focus on continuity, rather than making a name for themselves, results in real differences in the way old companies

Vicki TenHaken • Lessons From Century Club Companies: Managing for Long-Term Success

I understand talking to the press as an essential part of marketing. At the same time, I understand that the consumers are the best marketers. If they love your product and you give them the tools to market it, they will.