Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't

Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It...and Why the Rest Don't

by Verne Harnish · 2014

Scaling Up focuses on the four major execution challenges growing companies face: People, Strategy, Execution, and Cash. Verne Harnish distills decades of experience into a practical toolkit for mastering each area and building a healthy, scalable organization.

Best for: Manager Consultant Founder
Level: Beginner Time: Medium Practicality: 5/5 Inspiration: 2/5
Key Ideas
The biggest barrier to growth is the lead entrepreneur's own limitations.
Culture is what happens when everyone is watching - it's the decisions people make when no one is looking.
Better to have a simple plan everyone is aligned on than a brilliant plan no one understands.

The biggest barrier to growth is the lead entrepreneur's own limitations.

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Notable Quotes

The biggest barrier to growth is the lead entrepreneur's own limitations.

Culture is what happens when everyone is watching - it's the decisions people make when no one is looking.

Better to have a simple plan everyone is aligned on than a brilliant plan no one understands.

Cash is oxygen. Without it, your business dies.

The number one reason companies fail to scale is not lack of market or product, but lack of the right people in the right seats.

Growth hides problems. The faster you grow, the more issues you need to address.

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