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#16 Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller

Dec 8, 2017 · 1h 3m
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  • Rockefeller uniquely combined first-generation entrepreneurial instinct with second-generation analytical management, enabling him to build and systematize an empire of unfathomable complexity
  • He understood early that submerging his personal identity into the organization was essential, preferring outspoken colleagues to weak sycophants and using 'we' language with partners
  • Creating one of history's first multinational corporations by selling kerosene globally established a business pattern that influenced the next century of international commerce

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