#20 From Lab to Four Markets: The 'Hero Ingredient' Playbook That Breaks B2B Growth Ceilings 💡 Short on time? An audio version is available-- Y our technology is best-in-class, but your revenue has flatlined. Sound familiar? After two decades in marketing, spanning industries from high-speed retail to high-stakes biotech, I’ve heard this from countless business leaders. They believe they have a product problem. I tell them they have a perspective problem. The most powerful breakthroughs don’t come from working harder within your industry; they come from borrowing a secret from another. Today, I’m sharing the playbook I’ve used to transform B2B companies: applying the "Hero Ingredient" strategy from the beauty and CPG worlds to high-tech materials. We’ll follow the journey of a single advanced hydrogel as it leaped from a niche medical component to a dominant "platform technology" across four separate markets. This isn't just a case study; it's a b...