Koch: Business outliers provide the most valuable learnings
Jim Koch · Samuel Adams: Jim Koch · Oct 31, 2016 · at 6:02
Boston Beer Company founder Jim Koch reflects on how studying outlier companies like Fritz Maytag's Anchor Steam brewery inspired him to launch Samuel Adams.
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“When I was a consultant, what always fascinated me were the outliers, because that's where the real learning was.”
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