A review by oddrop
Company of One: Why Staying Small Is the Next Big Thing for Business by Paul Jarvis

3.0

The core idea is great, but there is a lot of fluff. Should only be read if you are interessted in learning about the benefits of staying small, since the rest of the book is pretty general business principles that sometimes feels like digretions. Luckily the book is short. But it should have been shorter. The first part and the ending are the most interesting as those are the parts he pinpoints the core idea as well as his own experiences. The middle is just an attempt to piece the book together in the aim of getting to an intended page count.

I am reminded of why i do not like reading business books, as the usually seems formulaic and sparse with good ideas. This should have been a podcast episode about 1-2 hours. Or a long blog post, maybe a series. A book format is redundant.