Let My People Go Surfing

The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

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Yvon Chouinard: Let My People Go Surfing (2005, Penguin Press HC, The)

Hardcover, 272 pages

English language

Published Oct. 6, 2005 by Penguin Press HC, The.

ISBN:
978-1-59420-072-4
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OCLC Number:
59712424

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Patagonia, Inc. is one of the earth's most interesting and inspiring companies. For almost forty years, its reputation for high quality, maverick innovation, and long-term environmental responsibility has put it in a class by itself. And everything flows from Patagonia's founder, Yvon Chouinard, whose creation myth is now an American business legend. Here, Yvon Chouinard relates his and his company's story and the core philosophies that have sustained Patagonia, Inc. year in and year out. This is not another story of a successful businessman who manages on the side to do great good and have grand adventures; it's the story of a man who brought doing good and having grand adventures into the heart of his business model--and who enjoyed even more business success as a result.--From publisher description.

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This book started off like a typical "this is how I did it", but then went on to explain Patagonia's guiding philosophies. I love the constant exploration of how to do better: dig deeper into the supply chain until you get a good understanding of all the moving parts. His view that evil includes being able to do good and doing anything (passive behavior) also resonates. I want to keep it short so I'll just say that the second part of the book - presenting Patagonia's philosophy - is well documented and has some good leads if you want to make a difference, as a person or as a company.

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