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Training with Bare Knuckles + Customer Insight

by Stephen Denny on April 27, 2010

There’s a reason why taping your wrists is a lousy way to train on a heavy bag. You will never, ever get in a fight with a heavy bag at the precise moment that you’ve just taped your wrists and put on your gloves. This is why so many training programs are useless when it comes to [...]

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Note to CMO: Changing How the World Thinks

by Stephen Denny on February 22, 2010

“Our mission has always been to change how America thinks about beer.” Jim Koch, Founder of The Boston Beer Company, now the largest American-owned brewery. Dear CMO: Jim Koch clearly laid out his vision for The Boston Beer Company to me in a discussion we had a few months ago. Reading these words belies the [...]

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Note to CMO: Jim Koch & What Giants Can’t Do

by Stephen Denny on November 16, 2009

Dear CMO: “Could a giant do what we do? It would be difficult because it’s not what they’re good at. They’re good at mass producing, very cost effectively, beers that appeal to the mass market… it’s not outside their capabilities, but it’s like McDonalds… could McDonalds make filet mignon? Sure, but it’s not the business they’re [...]

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