Being Great Instead of Big
June 11th
Brad and I often talk about what type of company we want Big Ahha to be. How many employees we should have, how do we want to grow, what should our focus be etc.
We have always looked at 37signals as a company that seems to be built around core principles we strive to embrace at Big Ahha. A recent post on their blog, Signal vs. Noise sums up our feelings on growth and when it is ok to stay small. Here is the link below.
Finding the natural size of your company from the Signal vs. Noise blog.
Another book I found very interesting on the subject is Small Giants : Companies That Choose to be Great Instead of Big by Bo Burlingham. It’s a great read with some awesome examples of companies who made conscious decisions to stay small when they could have expanded.