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Great Companies Stay True to the Spirit of Their Founders

Harvard Business Review

To make everybody happy, to serve every need, to hedge every bet, many CEOs spread resources around democratically as their companies grow — and they lose the spikiness on the cost sheet that is the telltale sign not of profligacy but of focus. In 2011, TPG sold it to Diageo, for about $2.1 Did customers drive the agenda?