A double feature worth reading is the Nvidia Way by Tae Kim and It…

A double feature worth reading is the Nvidia Way by Tae Kim and It Doesn’t Have To Be Crazy At Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.

They are the Yin and Yang of the business world and worth considering what type of company you want. If you want hypergrowth read the Nvidia Way and understand how it took 30-years of relentless work to get there. This isn’t a couple sprints of a couple teams working long hours. This is a whole organization working 60 plus hours a day every day for 30 years. Understand there are rarely half-measures when it comes to that game.

The other end of the spectrum is 37signals. Do you have the discipline to make the tough decisions to keep your company manageable and profitable for the long haul? Can you not chase the bright balls and stay focused?

Neither is easy and neither is right, but if you want to grasp the extremes give those books a read back-to-back.