Would it sound strange to you if we compared life expectancy of humans Vs companies? Because if we did, you’d be surprised how immaturely companies die – and I’m talking about the Fortune 500 category here. With life expectancy of 45 years on average (this is how long humans lived for in the 16th century), the biggest and brightest American companies proudly grow huge and die early. And while growing, most of them ignore the fact that there are over 5 thousand companies out there today who survived at least two centuries. Some even a thousand years or more. Learning from these strange papa smurf companies may sound silly though as they are usually small – most of them haven’t grown larger than 300 heads. Too small to be taken seriously, ha?. Is there still hope for a life-extending diet for the F500 though? Well, let’s see it …
