Hello from Kyoto and to week 3 of my 4-week crowdfunding campaign.  

I’m not sure if you’ve seen the numbers, but I’m currently 65% of the way to my goal of 500 pre-orders by August 30th!  With the help of a number of people making huge investments in this project (THANK YOU!), I’ve been able to get to this point.  So I only need 175 more pre-orders between now and the end of the month.

Based on these results, The Value Plan is currently #3 overall in terms of the active campaigns on Publishizer (the two books that are ahead of me already have 600+ pre-orders… The #1 book has 800+ pre-orders..I have no idea how they’ve been able to do this!).  BUT, I’m currently #1 in the Business Impact Challenge.  

And in case you’re looking for extra content related to The Value Plan, two new things have happened this week that I’d like to share with you:

1. I was just featured on a 60+ minute podcast with Len Epp, the co-founder of Leanpub, and his Frontmatter podcast here.

Woven into our discussion of value, marketing and how companies can thrive in today’s complex hyperconnected world are some stories of the creation of The Value Plan and some of the pitfalls I’ve had along this journey.  I hope you’ll take the time to listen and pass this onto anyone who you think it could be helpful to.

2. To celebrate the closing of this crowdfunding campaign and together with Jason Ball at Business in Japan in Tokyo, I’ve organized a lunchtime workshop in Tokyo on The Value Plan and how the concepts can be applied successfully to business here in Japan and globally.  If you are in Tokyo on August 30th, I’d love to see you there!  Please register using this link.

I’d like to thank you again for choosing to subscribe to this update through Publishizer, and if you could continue to help me spread the word about this campaign and the contents of The Value Plan, I’d deeply appreciate it!

Only 175 more pre-orders to go! 

Best,
  Philip