How to Kill a Unicorn
...and Build Bold Ideas that Make It to Market, Transform Industries and Deliver Growth
$50.08
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
22 October 2014
Summary
It’s cool. But so what? This is the billion-dollar question that leading companies such as Samsung, Starbucks and American Express ask Fahrenheit 212 to answer for them whenever they develop new technologies.
Many companies are good at acquiring new product prototypes but bad at working out what they would do when they arrived at the front door. Many just give up, lacking the ‘How’ to go with the ‘Wow’. Using a unique two-sided approach to innovation involving both the Money and the M…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857886283 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1857886283 |
| Author: | Mark Payne |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Business |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 22 October 2014 |
| Weight: | 313g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 135mm x 23mm |
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[A] very readable and insightful book. Payne presents a good selection of models and tools, along with some well-chosen case studies that will help innovators.
[A] very readable and insightful book. Payne presents a good selection of models and tools, along with some well-chosen case studies that will help innovators. - The Irish Times
A superb new analysis of 21st-century innovation. Mark Payne is able to take us on a journey that might mean you could collect the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. - E&T MagazineEmbraces the beauty of the tension between ‘money’ and ‘magic’ in order to have bold ideas that make it from the Post-it note to the street to the balance sheet. - Nesta - the UK’s innovation foundationCertainly provides food for thought. Focusing on ideas that have a chance of becoming real is more important than ever. Payne s volume makes pertinent reading. - Professional EngineeringInnovation expert Mark Payne presents new, real and valuable ideas about creativity. Anyone who is innovating should read Payne’s manual and pay attention to his multilevel, practical and useable ‘Money & Magic’ model. - getAbstractThis book is about ensuring that your initiatives and your vision come to life. If you consider yourself an innovator, you ll draw a massive amount of inspiration from How to Kill a Unicorn. - NZ BusinessPraise for Fahrenheit 212 The World’s Hottest Innovation Factory: The epicentre of innovation - EsquireA white-hot idea factory - Business WeekAbout The Author
Mark Payne
Mark Payne is the co-founder, President and Head of Idea Development of Fahrenheit 212. He draws on his twenty plus years of experience in the creation of new products, new brands and new businesses. Among the companies he’s had the pleasure to work with are Procter & Gamble, Nestle, Samsung, Coca-Cola, Toyota, Best Buy, Lowe’s, Campbell’s Soup, Citibank and Starbucks. He is a regular contributor to Business Insider.
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