Bo Burlingham has spent 33 years at Inc., as senior editor, then executive editor, then editor-at-large. He now writes about entrepreneurship at Forbes.

What you’ll learn about in this episode:

• Bo’s career at Inc. and Forbes
• Bo’s best small companies in America list at Forbes
• Great companies vs large companies and human scale vs financial scale
• Bo’s book “Small Giants” about companies with mojo
• What’s in the new 10th anniversary edition of “Small Giants”
• What makes great businesses fail
• The tough situations that arise when the financials aren’t there
• “The Great Game of Business” that Bo wrote with Jack Stack
• Why everyone needs to understand what’s going on inside your company
• “A Stake in the Outcome”: Bo and Jack Stack’s “The Great Game of Business” follow up
• What you need to think about when giving employees stock
• “Street Smarts”: Bo’s book he wrote with Norm Brodsky
• “Finish Big”: Bo’s book about selling and exiting companies
• The phases of building, growing, and exiting companies
• Why 70% of people who sell their business are miserable

Ways to contact Bo:

• Website: boburlingham.com
• Email: [email protected]

Bo’s books:

• "Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big"
• "Finish Big: How Great Entrepreneurs Exit Their Companies on Top"
• "The Great Game of Business: The Only Sensible Way to Run a Company"
• "Street Smarts: An All-Purpose Tool Kit for Entrepreneurs"
• "A Stake in the Outcome: Building a Culture of Ownership for the Long-Term Success of Your Business"