Owner-Operator and Founder-Led Investing
Backing managers with their own money in the business. The quantitative case sits in the Credit Suisse Family 1000 reports and Bain's founder's mentality research rather than in books.
9 books · 4 people behind it
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- Sam Walton: Made in AmericaSam Walton, John Huey, 1992
- The OutsidersWilliam N. Thorndike, 2012
- Invent and WanderJeff Bezos, Walter Isaacson, 2020
The people behind it 4
Each person holds a book in this entry or names it in their own tags.
Academics 2
Journalists 2
Books 9
William N. Thorndike · 2012 · Owner-minded chief executives judged on per-share value.
Sam Walton, John Huey · 1992 · Founder memoir; the culture and the frugality that came with ownership.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 2017 · The argument for why a manager's own capital changes behaviour.
Jeff Bezos, Walter Isaacson · 2020 · Collected shareholder letters from a founder who never lost control.
Noam Wasserman · 2012 · The data on founder control, dilution and succession.
Lawrence A. Cunningham · 2014 · Owner-oriented culture treated as an asset that outlives the owner.
Chris Zook, James Allen · 2016 · Bain's account of what founder-led companies lose as they scale.
Lawrence A. Cunningham · 2020 · Letters mostly written by owner-operators explaining themselves.
Les Schwab · 1986 · Tire-shop founder's memoir on profit sharing and dealer economics