Doing the Doing
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Doing the Doing
| Full title | Doing the Doing: How a 4-Person Startup Grew into a 20,000 Employee Company by Creating a Cleaner Environment! |
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| Author | Alan S. McKim |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Alan McKim’s founder’s account of Clean Harbors — the hazardous-waste company he started in 1980 with a single truck in Massachusetts and grew, largely by acquisition, into a continental network. The title is his phrase for the unglamorous operating work a services business is actually made of. |
Where I heard about it
- @mastersinvest — in bold on his “2025 Reading … so far” list (August 2025), the curator’s mark for “very good” rather than merely read. The full 46-title list is on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
- @TheIcahnist — on X (October 2026): “This book shows the power of acquiring boring small businesses and repositioning them to capitalize on long-term historical tailwinds.” Archived at Alan McKim turned $15K… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.
- Roll-up — Clean Harbors was built by serial acquisition of regional operators.
- Waste Management — the industry the book is a first-person history of.
- Small Business Acquisition — @TheIcahnist’s reason for recommending it: buying boring small businesses and repositioning them.
- Alan McKim turned $15K… (tweet) — the October 2026 recommendation.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.