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▶ 41:15 · $ZEISS · Zeiss industrial foundation structure since 1885 validates 100+ year mission control model
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Y Combinator

How The Best Companies Defend Against Mediocrity And Rot

2026-05-22 · 8 company · 5 thematic
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5 bull3 bear0 neu
speakers
eric ries

Entrepreneur and author of The Lean Startup, which popularized iterative product development and validated learning. He previously co-founded IMVU.

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“The the German optics company Zeiss had the structure in 1885. So, it's not even that new. There's enough of these companies that we have a data set to see how they perform. Companies with this structure are six times more likely to live t…”
—eric ries
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