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Many companies find ways to stay small. Take Lego for example. Making little plastic blocks is a pretty trivial thing, something that can be outsourced. So they
by spitfire 16y ago
Many companies find ways to stay small. Take Lego for example. Making little plastic blocks is a pretty trivial thing, something that can be outsourced. So they have. Lego is now an IP/creative company with production of coloured blocks outsourced.
Or take vans aircraft, a small company that's been around 30 successful years. Or look at any number of small ISV's that's been around for ages. All it takes is willpower.
Interview with lego ceo:
http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/QA-with-the-CEO-of-Lego/ http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Web-Articles/QA-wit...
- tomfakes 16y agoBut it turns out that making cheap plastic bricks is quite hard to do right. Lego's outsourcing failed and they pulled it back in-house: http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2009/03/legos-newfound-love-of-insourcing.html http://www.evolvingexcellence.com/blog/2009/03/legos-newfoun... I think you have to decide: Is this important? If it is, find a way to do it right. If it isn't, kill it. You have to decided what to kill. This sounds easy, but is quite hard to do when looking at it from the inside. Its easy to be distracted by shiny things.
- spitfire 16y agoWell, the point really was that they've stayed small. One of the worlds most recognized brands is under 1500 employees. and has worldwide reach that even 2 year olds know.