Download or read book Intelligent Fanatics Project written by Sean Iddings and published by MicroCapClub Publication. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a great company sustain, and grow, profits for decades? Most people call to mind Warren Buffett's analogy of a moat: various defenses to thwart competition. But moats are fleeting; they are here today and gone tomorrow. The more important question is who builds and maintains moats? Intelligent fanatics do. These leaders build high performance organizations that can dominate for decades. The Intelligent Fanatics Project uncovers the stories of eight intelligent fanatics who built dominant and enduring businesses. A $1,000 investment with each of these intelligent fanatics, on average, would have been worth $3.4 million thirty-seven years later, a 24.6% compounded annual return. They operated in a wide array of industries, in different time periods, different continents, and in different economic backdrops, yet their leadership styles, strategies, corporate cultures and values were similar. Intelligent fanatics are what every entrepreneur aspires to be and what every long-term investor dreams of finding and investing in early. Sean Iddings and Ian Cassel weave together the common traits amongst intelligent fanatics to help both the investor and entrepreneur generate extraordinary returns.