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Wild Growth

Feng Lun

See how ambition becomes a durable company through Feng Lun's firsthand lessons on debt, partnerships, governance, and succession.

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12 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

Why read it

  • Tells from the inside how a private company financed long investments with short debts, nearly collapsed and survived by retreating and selling assets
  • Shows how partners who began as brothers split by commercial rules, roughly, since friendship alone could not settle the division of a company
  • Reflects on money, ties to officials, loyalty to a boss and a company's social duty, favoring procedures over personal feeling

Who it is for

  • Founders who fund long projects with short term debt
  • Cofounders worried about how a partnership will split
  • Readers curious about the early years of private business in China

What the summary covers

  1. Ambition and its restraints1 min
  2. A crisis at Vantone3 min
  3. From brothers to a company3 min
  4. Time and focus2 min
  5. Money and its boundaries2 min
  6. Government and personal ties2 min
  7. The discipline and cost of ambition2 min
  8. The responsibilities of a corporate citizen2 min
  9. Two entrepreneurs and two organizational paths5 min
  10. Balancing desire and ability2 min
  11. Four ways a company can die1 min
  12. Preparing for the founder's death2 min

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