SynopsisFrom Jim Collins, the most influential business thinker of our era, comes an ambitious upgrade of his classic, Beyond Entrepreneurship , that includes all-new findings and world-changing insights. What's the roadmap to create a company that not only survives its infancy but thrives, changing the world for decades to come? Nine years before the publication of his epochal bestseller Good to Great , Jim Collins and his mentor, Bill Lazier, answered this question in their bestselling book, Beyond Entrepreneurship . Beyond Entrepreneurship left a definitive mark on the business community, influencing the young pioneers who were, at that time, creating the technology revolution that was birthing in Silicon Valley. Decades later, successive generations of entrepreneurs still turn to the strategies outlined in Beyond Entrepreneurship to answer the most pressing business questions. BE 2.0 is a new and improved version of the book that Jim Collins and Bill Lazier wrote years ago. In BE 2.0 , Jim Collins honors his mentor, Bill Lazier, who passed away in 2005, and reexamines the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship with his 2020 perspective. The book includes the original text of Beyond Entrepreneurship, as well as four new chapters and fifteen new essays. BE 2.0 pulls together the key concepts across Collins' thirty years of research into one integrated framework called The Map. The result is a singular reading experience, which presents a unified vision of company creation that will fascinate not only Jim's millions of dedicated readers worldwide, but also introduce a new generation to his remarkable work., When Bill Lazier and I wrote the original edition of Beyond Entrepreneurship, based on the course we taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, we set out to create a road map for leaders in a small business or mid-sized enterprise who want to build an enduring great company. Beyond Entrepreneurship became a Silicon Valley bestseller and influenced a generation of founding entrepreneurs, such as Reed Hastings of Netflix. And even though it was my first book, some still return to it as their favorite. When Bill passed away, I knew that I had to write something to honor the greatest mentor in my life. What better tribute than a memorial edition and ambitious upgrade of the book we created together? BE 2.0 is much more than a traditional re-release. Nearly half the material in BE 2.0 is entirely new to the 2020 edition. My 2020 perspectives sit alongside the original text, complementing the foundational lessons of Beyond Entrepreneurship with four new chapters and fifteen new essays. Throughout, BE 2.0 remains true to the original vision Bill and I had for the book: to be a conceptual map and practical guide. I even included a culminating chapter that integrates the key concepts from my decades of research on what makes great companies tick into one comprehensive, actionable framework that I call The Map. Most important, BE 2.0 extends the legacy of Bill Lazier. BE 2.0 begins where it should, with the life lessons I learned from Bill, so that his mentorship can carry on through you and those you lead. Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberHD31.2.C648 2020