It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.
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It may seem odd to talk about something as soft and fuzzy as "passion" as an integral part of a strategic framework. But throughout the good-to-great companies, passion became a key part of the Hedgehog Concept.
A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.
Great companies don't just have one founding moment. They have many founding moments.
A great company is not a great investment if you pay too much for the stock.
The characteristic of great innovators and great companies is they see a space that others do not. They don't just listen to what people tell them; they actually invent something new, something that you didn't know you needed, but the moment you see it, you say, 'I must have it.'
Over the last ten years, technological advances have dramatically lowered the financial bar for starting a new company, but the courage bar for building a great company remains as high as it has ever been.
To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
Great companies are built on great products.
If you are doing the right thing for the earth, she's giving you great company.
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