Founders #52 The Republic of Tea: The Story of the Creation of a Business, as Told Through the Personal Letters of Its Founders
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Dec 25, 2018 AI Snips
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Business Mind
- A business develops its own independent mind as it grows.
- It becomes concerned with its own survival, sometimes diverging from the founder's vision.
Real-Time Business Creation
- The Republic of Tea book is unique because it captures the genesis of a business idea in real-time through faxes.
- The book ends with the company's founding, unlike typical biographies that cover a company's full history.
Inaction Frustration
- Mel Ziegler became frustrated with Bill Rosenzweig’s lack of action.
- Bill was focused on planning and ideas, but not execution.