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Part IX

Scaling and Operating the Company

The High Growth Handbook Elad Gil This is a practical reference for founders moving from early product-market fit into organizational scale.
Scaling Up Verne Harnish Harnish offers an integrated operating framework centered on people, strategy, execution, and cash.
Measure What Matters John Doerr This popularized Objectives and Key Results for a broad business audience.
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy Richard Rumelt This is one of the strongest books on the difference between strategy and aspiration.
7 Powers Hamilton Helmer Helmer offers a rigorous framework for understanding durable competitive advantage through scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching co…
The Innovator’s Dilemma Clayton M. Christensen This is a foundational explanation of why well-managed incumbent companies can fail when disruptive technologies begin in unattractive or low-margin markets.
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