Sublime

An inspiration engine for ideas

It had a founding CEO, Tina Sharkey, who was unabashedly trying to build a community in public, and got great press.

The New Consumer • The end of Brandless

Source: Fast Company

Sizzler is back from the brink with a shiny new brand and ambitions to match

individual customers

Adrian J. Slywotzky • The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits

Christina M. Underhill,

Shane Snow • Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success

Source: Fast Company

Mark Fisher • Exiting the Vampire Castle

Unfocus Groups.

Jonathan Littman • The Ten Faces of Innovation: IDEO's Strategies for Beating the Devil's Advocate and Driving Creativity Throughout Your Organization

Peter Drucker.

John Doerr • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs

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Hire a relationship manager.

G. Richard Shell • Bargaining for Advantage: Negotiation Strategies for Reasonable People