Contents

Welcome

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Foreword by John Perry Barlow

Prologue: The Business Genius of the Grateful Dead

1. Master Strategic Improvisation: How the Dead Learned to Plan and Act at the Same Time

2. Live Your Values: How the Dead Did Well by Doing Good

3. Be Kind to Your Customers: How the Dead Offered Superior Customer Value

4. Share Your Content: How the Dead Exploited the Power of “Free”

5. Create a Business Tribe: How the Dead Collaborated with the Deadheads

6. Insource: How the Dead Learned Do-It-Yourself Business

7. Innovate Constantly: How the Dead Stayed on the Cutting Edge

8. Transform Through Leadership: How Jerry Garcia Inspired Greatness in the Dead

9. Share the Power: How the Dead Encouraged Employees to Lead

10. Exploit the Experience Economy: How the Dead Kept It Real

Epilogue: The Accidental Capitalists

List of Key Sources

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