Book · 1994 · Success in business
Built to Last
Successful Habits of Visionary Companies
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She said, You have to read the book Built to Last. It was about a Stanford at Stanford academic that was studying what works, what makes companies endure. Um and talked about being a clock builder versus a timekeeper. Talked about the genius of an versus the tyranny of war. It changed my mindset and my outlook political political terms.
Gavin Newsom · The Ezra Klein Show · Dec 2025 Listen at 1:46:41 What they say about it
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The best things said about it
My favorite book, one of the most influential books, interesting in my life is called Built to Last.
Gavin Newsom The Ezra Klein Show · Dec 2025 Jim Collins books Beyond Entrepreneurship, Good to Great, Built to Last, those have been the most impactful books for me.
Right around this time is when Jim Collins first big book built to last comes out Bob reads it loves it as he's thinking about what's going on at tvi and what he wants his future fund and what Benchmark would become to be totally aligns with Jim's principles in the book they actually hand a copy of the book.
One of your favorite books and mine, Built to Last, becoming a sustainable enterprise.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Jan 2021 Where and when it comes up
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Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras is a landmark business study that investigates what makes exceptional companies endure across generations. On The Ezra Klein Show, Gavin Newsom named it one of the most influential books of his life, explaining how concepts like being a clock builder instead of a timekeeper and embracing the genius of the and completely transformed his mindset in business and politics. Reed Hastings also recommended the book on The Book Review, citing Jim Collins's works as among the most impactful for understanding corporate culture. On The Tim Ferriss Show, Jim Collins recalled researching and writing the book while teaching at Stanford, describing the massive, all-in bet he and Jerry Porras made on its publication. Tim Ferriss and Dave Ramsey both referenced Collins's masterful body of work on other podcasts, discussing his research methods and creative habits. On ChooseFI, the host mentioned Built to Last while exploring foundational leadership and business principles. Across various shows, podcast guests and the author himself highlight the book as an essential guide for entrepreneurs and leaders striving to build resilient organizations designed to stand the test of time.
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Gavin Newsom I said look my favorite book one of the most influential books interesting in my life is called built to last. 2
Recommended
“I said look my favorite book one of the most influential books interesting in my life is called built to last.”
Recommended
“She said, You have to read the book Built to Last. It was about a Stanford at Stanford academic that was studying what works, what makes companies endure. Um and talked about being a clock builder versus a timekeeper. Talked about the genius of an versus the tyranny of war. It changed my mindset and my outlook political political terms,”
Reed Hastings because he shows how hard you know all the things are not directly about culture but I would say Jim Collin… 1
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“because he shows how hard you know all the things are not directly about culture but I would say Jim Collins books Beyond entrepreneurship good to Great built to last those have been the most impactful books for me”
Jason Calacanis and then of course you're one of your favorite books and mine built to last becoming a sustainable enterprise 2
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“and then of course you're one of your favorite books and mine built to last becoming a sustainable enterprise”
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“then built to last successful habits of visionaire companies”
Jim Collins and the first big bet on that was the research and built toas and it was coming out and I said let's just b… 2
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“that's where Jerry and I did built to last”
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“and the first big bet on that was the research and built toas and it was coming out and I said let's just bet everything let's go and so we launched this huge bet bet everything on that book didn't know if it would work”
Ben Gilbert right around this time is when Jim Collins first big book built to last comes out Bob reads it loves it as… 1
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“right around this time is when Jim Collins first big book built to last comes out Bob reads it loves it as he's thinking about what's going on at tvi and what he wants his future fund and what Benchmark would become to be totally aligns with Jim's principles in the book they actually hand a copy of the book”
Dave Ramsey go open his own forpractice, for-profit research firm that led to the book Built to Last, Good to Great, Gr… 1
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“go open his own forpractice, for-profit research firm that led to the book Built to Last, Good to Great, Great by Choice, How the Mighty Fall, all these masterful works”
Nicholas Bloom that was just you know most of the books that i read that are popular good to great and built to last 1
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“that was just you know most of the books that i read that are popular good to great and built to last”
Tim Ferriss You know, Jim Collins, the writer of author of Good to Great and Built to Last and these iconic books, he t… 1
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“You know, Jim Collins, the writer of author of Good to Great and Built to Last and these iconic books, he tracks his creative hours.”
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“inspiration for this Jim Collins different Jim Collins well-known Jim Collins author of another book called built to last”
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Plugged
“I was off working on Built to Last and Good to Great.”
Plugged
“Back in Built to Last, which was about visionary companies and enduring great companies and all that, Jerry Porras and I set out and our original question was to study the concept of corporate vision”
Plugged
“And so, I've essentially is very similar to what happened with Built to Last, with Good to Great, whatever. I started with a narrower question.”
Plugged
“In my prior work, Good to Great, Built to Last, Great by Choice, How the Mighty Fall, so forth, where I was doing match pair studies”
Passing
“first up Jim Collins author of iconic business books that include good to Great how the Mighty Fall and great by choice as well as built to last and Beyond entrepreneurship 2.0 which he co-authored with his mentor bill lazir”