Overview

In the next decade, nearly 70 percent of US new businesses will fail ... Why? Competition. Stock market downturns. Geopolitical crisis. Poor planning. Millions of companies struggle to make it past one year, but how do the rare few manage to endure one hundred years? And is it still even possible to future-proof your business? The answer is yes. This playbook, developed by Eric Becker, will show you how it's done. As an investor, board member, CEO, and founder, Eric has become a global leader in private equity and wealth management and successfully played key roles in over one hundred companies in his career. He has also guided some of the world's most powerful entrepreneurs and ultra-high net worth families. By leveraging his own success and lessons he's learned in board rooms of billion-dollar start-ups and iconic legacy brands, Eric has developed the key plays that he believes can fortify a business to thrive. The Long Game highlights a curated collection of companies that have defied the odds and thrived for over a century. Through meticulous research and in-depth interviews with CEOs, historians, and key decision makers, this audiobook delves into the pivotal strategies and decisions that enabled them to adapt and remain competitive on a global stage. Eric's playbook passes forward the legacy of those who have figured it out, helping founders shape the future.

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""I could not put down Eric Becker's extraordinary book on how great companies endure through uncertainty and economic changes. The mystery of why some companies endure and others do not is brilliantly analyzed in The Long Game. I cannot recommend highly enough. A great read!"" -- ""David Rubenstein, Cofounder and Co-Executive Chairman, Carlyle Group"" ""In a world obsessed with instant gains and quick exits, The Long Game is a refreshing invitation to go deeper, think longer, and build something worth inheriting. Eric Becker's lessons are eminently practical and undeniably profound."" -- ""Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author"" ""Success in business is all about recognizing opportunities (and danger signals) when they come along and responding appropriately. The insights that Eric Becker has gleaned from a cross-section of long-term wins help show how."" -- ""Scott Galloway, NYU Stern Professor of Marketing, serial entrepreneur, and author of The Algebra of Wealth""

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Eric Becker is Founder and Co-Chairman of Cresset, an award-winning multi-family office with over $65 billion assets under management. Alongside Founder and Co-Chairman Avy Stein, Eric shares his extensive experience advising founders, entrepreneurs, private equity partners, and ultra-high-net-worth families in addition to serving on the firm's leadership team. As Co-Founder of Sterling Partners, a value-added, growth private equity firm that raised eight funds with over $5.7 billion of capital, Eric has a long history of starting, backing, and nurturing companies. Eric's first love is his family, including his two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson, and wife of thirty-seven years, Jill. Eric Becker is Founder and Co-Chairman of Cresset, an award-winning multi-family office with over $65 billion assets under management. Alongside Founder and Co-Chairman Avy Stein, Eric shares his extensive experience advising founders, entrepreneurs, private equity partners, and ultra-high-net-worth families in addition to serving on the firm's leadership team. As Co-Founder of Sterling Partners, a value-added, growth private equity firm that raised eight funds with over $5.7 billion of capital, Eric has a long history of starting, backing, and nurturing companies. Eric's first love is his family, including his two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson, and wife of thirty-seven years, Jill.

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