Samuel Sanders
Samuel Sanders is an award-winning entrepreneur and member of the Nonfiction Authors Association, who has seen entrepreneurship, innovation, creativity, problem-solving, and ideation in action at a Fortune 500 company, an Inc. 5000 fastest-growing company, incubators, and companies he started himself. In Your Next Big Idea, he takes the lessons he learned from these vastly different worlds and combines them into an all-in-one book that will show you how to tackle problems and come up with game-changing ideas. Sam enjoys contributing his ideas to numerous thought-leadership publications. He grew up just outside Philadelphia, PA, before attending Syracuse University. He currently lives in Washington, D.C.
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Your Next Big Idea
Business, Self-Help
Featured by Yahoo! Finance, Advertising Week, and multiple affiliates of CBS and Fox News and awarded BlueInk Review Notable Book Seal and IndieReader Approved Designation, this business and self-help creativity guide encourages innovation in aspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders. Have you ever looked at a product and thought, ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ or, ‘I’m just not a creative person!’ Improve problem-solving skills and increase the effectiveness of knowledge management in your organization to come up with the next game-changing idea to hit the market! In this book you will: • Learn how others innovate by examining the world around them • Practice asking questions, and see how to recognize details in observations • Complete creative exercises to get into the right mindset • Understand the importance of sharing ideas, and assess their feasibility |
Reviews for Your Next Big Idea
“Practical, insightful, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Business Management collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, entrepreneurs, corporate administrators, business managers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject” - Midwest Book Review
“Your Next Big Idea ignites the imagination with a kaleidoscope of ideas and exercises. Even if you have no intention of pursuing “the next big idea,” this book is sure to give you an exciting and fresh perspective of the world around you." - BlueInk Reviews
"[Samuel Sanders] sets lofty goals, promising "By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with the skills to come up with 100 meaningful ideas a week that you can apply to your career or personal life." But readers will be pleased to find that the advice is down-to-earth, easy to implement, and applicable to just about every area, business or personal, anyone may be working to enhance." - Booklife by Publishers Weekly Reviews
"This book is a breath of fresh air in letting people let their creative minds run wild... I would recommend this book to people of all ages who want to feel that spark of an idea again." - Manhattan Book Review
"If I still taught, this book would definitely be integrated into classwork!... Highly recommended for creatives, and those who want to cultivate creativity, alike!" - Portland Book Review
"[Your Next Big Idea] was one of the best practical books that I have read. I would highly recommend this to anyone..." - San Francisco Book Review
"Inspiring and fun – especially when compared to the sometimes-staid books on the same topic. The exercises are effective for a wide range of issues, acting as a kind of team-building exercise on a personal level. As many books bombard the reader with ideas, without a real sense of implementation, Your Next Big Idea stands out in the field. Though his book is primarily designed for those in business and marketing, it can be useful to anyone seeking a more hands-on approach to self-improvement." - Self-Publishing Review
“Once the reader does the exercises in [Your Next Big Idea], they will be able to master the skills of innovation, problem-solving and creativity.” - IndieReader Review
"The inspiring self-help guide Your Next Big Idea forwards advice and creative exercises that encourage the development of different ways of thinking." - Foreword Clarion Reviews
“A step-by-step guide to mastering the basic skills of creativity.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Whether you’re interested in developing your business, enhancing your artistic inventiveness, improving your communication skills, or some other important endeavor, reading Your Next Big Idea is a great way to get your creative juice flowing” - Seattle Book Review
"Samuel Sanders has produced a pioneering tool that will challenge your thinking and put you on the best-foot-forward to creating that new business... I personally got so inspired that I could not put this book down and began thinking of my own new ideas.” - Chick Lit Café
“Your Next Big Idea by Samuel Sanders is a remarkable blueprint to creative thinking and practical action. This is an extremely comprehensive ‘step-by-step’ to a thoroughly friendly motivational guide, which can catapult you from standstill to racing in the world of business.” - Artisan Book Reviews
“Practical, insightful, thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, "Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving" is an extraordinary and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Business Management collections. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of MBA students, academia, entrepreneurs, corporate administrators, business managers, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject” - Midwest Book Review
“Your Next Big Idea ignites the imagination with a kaleidoscope of ideas and exercises. Even if you have no intention of pursuing “the next big idea,” this book is sure to give you an exciting and fresh perspective of the world around you." - BlueInk Reviews
"[Samuel Sanders] sets lofty goals, promising "By the end of the book, you'll be equipped with the skills to come up with 100 meaningful ideas a week that you can apply to your career or personal life." But readers will be pleased to find that the advice is down-to-earth, easy to implement, and applicable to just about every area, business or personal, anyone may be working to enhance." - Booklife by Publishers Weekly Reviews
"This book is a breath of fresh air in letting people let their creative minds run wild... I would recommend this book to people of all ages who want to feel that spark of an idea again." - Manhattan Book Review
"If I still taught, this book would definitely be integrated into classwork!... Highly recommended for creatives, and those who want to cultivate creativity, alike!" - Portland Book Review
"[Your Next Big Idea] was one of the best practical books that I have read. I would highly recommend this to anyone..." - San Francisco Book Review
"Inspiring and fun – especially when compared to the sometimes-staid books on the same topic. The exercises are effective for a wide range of issues, acting as a kind of team-building exercise on a personal level. As many books bombard the reader with ideas, without a real sense of implementation, Your Next Big Idea stands out in the field. Though his book is primarily designed for those in business and marketing, it can be useful to anyone seeking a more hands-on approach to self-improvement." - Self-Publishing Review
“Once the reader does the exercises in [Your Next Big Idea], they will be able to master the skills of innovation, problem-solving and creativity.” - IndieReader Review
"The inspiring self-help guide Your Next Big Idea forwards advice and creative exercises that encourage the development of different ways of thinking." - Foreword Clarion Reviews
“A step-by-step guide to mastering the basic skills of creativity.” - Kirkus Reviews
“Whether you’re interested in developing your business, enhancing your artistic inventiveness, improving your communication skills, or some other important endeavor, reading Your Next Big Idea is a great way to get your creative juice flowing” - Seattle Book Review
"Samuel Sanders has produced a pioneering tool that will challenge your thinking and put you on the best-foot-forward to creating that new business... I personally got so inspired that I could not put this book down and began thinking of my own new ideas.” - Chick Lit Café
“Your Next Big Idea by Samuel Sanders is a remarkable blueprint to creative thinking and practical action. This is an extremely comprehensive ‘step-by-step’ to a thoroughly friendly motivational guide, which can catapult you from standstill to racing in the world of business.” - Artisan Book Reviews