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Executives Who Made Staff Development Part of the Job
Executives Who Made Staff Development Part of the Job
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Bill Marriott and Ray Kroc
Training becomes more useful when it connects to work, responsibility and opportunities to progress. These executives backed or strengthened identifiable systems, from company schools and...
Business
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Entrepreneurs Who Started Their Defining Business After Forty
Entrepreneurs Who Started Their Defining Business After Forty
by list_wrangler  • 
2 in common: Colonel Sanders and Ray Kroc
The founders here were at least forty when they started the business they are remembered for, and every age is checked against a documented founding date rather than a legend. Most had spent...
Business
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Businesspeople Who Built Enduring Companies from Modest Beginnings
Businesspeople Who Built Enduring Companies from Modest Beginnings
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Tom Monaghan and Anita Roddick
A small first shop, workshop or product range can be the beginning of a company that lasts for decades. Here, modest describes the opening operation, not a claim that every person grew up in...
Business
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People Who Did Landmark Work After Fifty
People Who Did Landmark Work After Fifty
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Colonel Sanders and Ray Kroc
A career does not have to follow one early rise. These people published influential books, made distinctive artworks, developed important tools or built new programmes after their fiftieth...
People
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Japanese Business Leaders with Distinctive Operating Philosophies
Japanese Business Leaders with Distinctive Operating Philosophies
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Toshifumi Suzuki
Japanese management is often reduced to slogans about harmony and lifetime employment. The reality is more varied: some leaders built systems that rivals copied worldwide, others argued with their...
Business
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Entrepreneurs Who Built Companies Around Craftsmanship
Entrepreneurs Who Built Companies Around Craftsmanship
by list_wrangler  • 
More from list_wrangler
Craftsmanship is easy to claim and hard to run as a business: skilled work is slow, training takes years, and growth tempts owners to cut corners. This list compares people who built companies on...
Business
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Business Leaders with Contrasting Approaches to Growth
Business Leaders with Contrasting Approaches to Growth
by curious_compiler  • 
2 in common: Ray Kroc and Anita Roddick
Buying competitors, opening shops, developing new products and deciding to slow down are very different ways to build a company. These leaders make the differences concrete. Start with Buffett...
Business
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Businesspeople Who Built Trusted Household Brands
Businesspeople Who Built Trusted Household Brands
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Anita Roddick
A brand earns a place in the kitchen cupboard or bathroom cabinet by being the same every time, being easy to find and keeping its promises when things go wrong. This list is about the people who...
Business
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People Who Built Fortunes from Everyday Consumer Goods
People Who Built Fortunes from Everyday Consumer Goods
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Anita Roddick
From cereal and bottled drinks to pens, cosmetics and clothing, these businesspeople built valuable ownership interests around familiar purchases. The selection moves through food and drink...
Business
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People Who Made Fortunes by Selling Businesses
People Who Made Fortunes by Selling Businesses
by curious_compiler  • 
In common: Anita Roddick
A company sale can turn years of business ownership into cash, shares in a larger company or a mixture of both. These 25 people illustrate different routes to that outcome, from a small founding...
Business
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Women Entrepreneurs Who Built Substantial Businesses
Women Entrepreneurs Who Built Substantial Businesses
by list_wrangler  • 
In common: Anita Roddick
A tour of women who built companies of real size across very different trades: furniture, roofing supplies, smartphone glass, oil, betting, biotech, beauty, catalogues and television. Each entry...
Business
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Green Political Figures Who Moved Ideas into Institutions
Green Political Figures Who Moved Ideas into Institutions
by list_wrangler  • 
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Green politics began as a protest movement that distrusted parliaments, and much of its history is the argument over whether to enter them. This list follows the people who did: party founders...
Politics
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Publishers Who Built Influential Independent Businesses
Publishers Who Built Influential Independent Businesses
by list_wrangler  • 
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Most of the publishing houses that shaped modern reading began as small, owner-run firms with a clear editorial idea: cheap paperbacks for everyone, modernist poetry nobody else would print...
Business
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Entrepreneurs Who Turned Trade Skills into Businesses
Entrepreneurs Who Turned Trade Skills into Businesses
by curious_compiler  • 
Trending in Business
Before the company names came work with tools, materials and customers. These biographies connect practical trades with businesses: plumbing, shoemaking, baking, pottery, metalwork, hairdressing...
Business
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