Book cover of Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

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How maverick companies have passed up the growth treadmill — and focused on greatness instead.

It’s an axiom of business that great companies grow their revenues and profits year after year. Yet quietly, under the radar, a small number of companies have rejected the pressure of endless growth to focus…

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1 author picked Small Giants as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

For every business owner, there’s the question of scale. I never wanted my company to be big. Our purpose is to make the world a better place and we can’t do that if we’re spread too thin; we’d lose our personal touch.

This book gave me ideas to use and wording to use to stay small and excellent in our craft; which was a huge salve to my heart.

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