Barack, Inc.: Winning Business Lessons of the Obama Campaign Hardcover - 2009 - 1st Edition

Barry Libert is chairman and Rick Faulk CEO of Mzinga, a leading enterprise social technology and services provider. The company manages over 14,000 online communities, which draw more than 60 million total online visitors every month. Libert is a recognized authority on entrepreneurial leadership strategies and a pioneer in the business use of social technologies. He recently co-authored "We Are Smarter than Me," a critically acclaimed book created in collaboration with Wharton Publishing and more than 4,000 community participants that illustrates how businesses can profit from the wisdom of crowds. A one-time McKinsey and Company consultant, Libert has also co-authored two other highly regarded books about the business value of information and relationships entitled "Cracking the Value Code" and "Value RX." He is also a regularly featured keynote speaker who has delivered speeches to audiences of 20,000+ globally. Faulk is currently the CEO of Mzinga, and has more than 21 years of executive leadership and marketing experience at some of the world's most notable high-tech companies, among them Cisco, WebEx, Intranets.com, PictureTel, Shiva Corporation, and Lotus. Early in his career, he also founded First Software, which grew to sales of more than $175 million in less than four years and was ranked on one of "Inc." magazine's lists of fastest-growing companies in the United States.