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24 alternatives to Small Giants

Companies That Choose To Be Great Instead Of Big

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Small Giants launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big▲68

   Is it better to be a great company or a big company?

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Scaling Up▲71

   How a few companies make it...and why the rest don't

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   The Thank You Economy▲89

   How companies big and small can scale

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Becoming a Category of One▲76

   How extraordinary companies transcend commodity

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned▲61

   The myth of the objective

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Small Giants▲3

   Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Innovator's Dilemma▲202

   The seminal business book

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Great by Choice▲91

   Why some businesses thrive despite them all

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Scarcity▲71

   Why having too little means so much

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Growing Pains▲65

    Transitioning from entrepreneurship to a firm

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    The Great Game of Business▲60

    The only sensible way to run a company

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Winning Isn't Normal▲53

    Meditations on the art of ass-kicking

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Peak▲58

    How great companies get their mojo from maslow

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Built to Sell▲63

    Creating a Business That Can Thrive Without You

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    The Go-Giver▲60

    A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Reinventing Organizations▲77

    A new kind of organization

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Solopreneur▲69

    Going faster on your own

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Launching a Startup in the Digital Age▲89

    You get what you work for, not what you wish for

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Little Bets▲89

    How breakthrough ideas emerge from small discoveries

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Launching New Ventures▲68

    An entrepreneurial approach

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Innovator's Solution▲69

    Creating and sustaining successful growth

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Making It Right▲76

    Product management for a startup world

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...▲108

    Always be skeptical of the business press lauding companies

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    In the Company of Giants▲11

    Titans of the digital world share wisdom

    2015 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →