Product Description

We started making smoothies in 1999. On that first day we sold twenty-four bottles, and now we sell over 2 million a week, so we've grown since then. This book is about the stuff we've learned since selling those first few smoothies. About having ideas and making drinks, about running a business and getting started, about nature and fruit, about company life and working with friends, about the stuff we've got right and the stuff we got wrong, and about squirrels . . . and camping . . . and doing the right thing. We thought we'd write it all down in a book so we don't forget any of it, and to maybe help other people too. We started innocent from scratch, so we've learnt a lot of things by getting stuff wrong. Some other lessons have come from listening carefully to people clever than us. And some stuff we just got lucky on. But all of it, the good the bad and the useful, is in here. Plus, perhaps our mums will finally believe us when we tell them we haven't rung home for a while because we've been a bit busy these past few years.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4177 in Books
• Published on: 2009-04-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Dan Germain joined Innocent in 1999, shortly after his three college buddies began the London beverage company. His role is head of creative, which covers things like copywriting, design, adverts, web stuff and generally making sure that the company looks, sounds and feels just right. Check out his blog at http://dangermain.typepad.com

Customer Reviews

full of ideas
It's a small thing but I now carry a notebook everywhere to write all my ideas down, whether they are good, bad or just plain ridiculous. Thanks to this great book that seems to have masses of excellent business thinking but not a word of jargon in sight.

Pure business inspiration, beautifully written
This is everything you'd expect from innocent, an easy read, full of humour, conversational anecdotes but mostly pure business inspiration. Buy this to admire the writing or get the boost to start your own fledgling business. 10 years on and still innocent.

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