Invisible Companies: Why Overlooked Businesses Win- Colossus
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Why do boring, moat-less businesses mint outsized profits for decades? On competitive neglect, the strategy hiding in plain sight.
Listen on Listen on: Steve Ross was a legend. Starting with nothing but a job at his father-in-law’s funeral parlor, he built Time Warner into one of the world’s largest companies, making a mark on every part of the media landscape. MTV and Nickelodeon were born under his roof. He bought and ran Atari. He helped found the New York Cosmos and, with it, professional soccer in America. When Ross died in 1992, Clint Eastwood dedicated his Best Picture Oscar for Unforgiven to him; two years later, Steven Spielberg did the same with Schindler’s List. Everyone glosses over the boring part. To…
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