Book · 2016 · Business & Economics
Small Giants
Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big, 10th-Anniversary Edition
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There is a book that I haven't read in a very long time, but I really enjoyed it when I did called Small Giants. The subtitle is, Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. And it is a book by Bo Burlingham, B-U-R-L-I-N-G-H-A-M.
Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2022 Listen at 35:45 Why people recommend it
Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham explores businesses that deliberately reject massive scaling in favor of maintaining high quality, unique culture, and operational excellence. Tim Ferriss recommended and discussed this book on The Tim Ferriss Show during episodes #628 and #648. In the 2022 Q&A episode, Ferriss noted that although he had not read it in a very long time, he thoroughly enjoyed the insights it provided when he first encountered it. He brought up the book again in early 2023 while discussing his own business philosophy of maintaining a compact, efficient team. Ferriss used the text to illustrate the concept of positive constraints, emphasizing that a company does not need to scale indefinitely to achieve greatness. By referencing Burlingham's work, Ferriss underscored the enduring value of prioritizing depth, craftsmanship, and organizational health over sheer size and rapid expansion in the entrepreneurial world.
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Tim Ferriss There is a book that I haven't read in a very long time, but I really enjoyed it when I did called Small Gi… 2
“I have a small team, it has always been of interest to me, like Small Giants by Bo Burlingham. I think the subtitle is Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big or something like that.”
“There is a book that I haven't read in a very long time, but I really enjoyed it when I did called Small Giants. The subtitle is, Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big. And it is a book by Bo Burlingham, B-U-R-L-I-N-G-H-A-M.”
