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Legacy Reserve
A boutique route from founding to institution: a founder's raw memoir, the term sheets that fund growth, the CEOs who allocated capital best, and the habits of companies that outlived their founders.
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Shoe DogPhil KnightBuild the Blue Ribbon stress test: model your cash position if revenue doubles and payment terms stay fixed.
Venture DealsBrad Feld and Jason MendelsonBuild the cap-table waterfall model now, before any negotiation, and stress it at three exit scenarios.
The OutsidersWilliam N. Thorndike Jr.Add a capital-allocation review to the annual board calendar: all five uses, computed returns, ranked.
Built to LastJim Collins & Jerry I. PorrasWrite the core ideology - values plus purpose - and have the board ratify it as the fixed constraint on strategy.