About Idea Platforms, Inc.

Idea Platforms, Inc. collaborates with individuals, consultancies, and other organizations—both for-profit and not-for-profit—to develop non-fiction, idea-driven books and the communications platforms that surround them.

We help clients around the world develop and shape concepts, conduct primary and secondary research, prepare and market proposals, write and edit manuscripts, and develop the idea platform that surrounds and supports the book.

Our mission is to create a sustainable idea platform that consists of a successful book, a complementary web presence, speaking engagements, ancillary materials and activities, as well as sequels and translations, to help our clients sharpen their offering, expand their influence, generate new opportunities, and become thought leaders in their fields.

When clients work with us they gain access to web development tools and templates specifically designed for authors; a world-class network of agents, publishers, and other partners; our proprietary research database, Sourcerer™; as well as powerful external databases such as LexisNexis® and iThenticate.

We are known for a serious, yet popular, narrative style characterized by clarity, richness, accessibility, readability, and good humor.

Background

Since 1989, Idea Platforms, Inc. has collaborated with authors and partners in many fields of endeavor to develop books and idea platforms that bring content to a wide variety of audiences, further ideas, and build initiatives. We have worked with consultancies including The Boston Consulting Group, Katzenbach Partners, and TruePoint Partners; non-profit and educational institutions including Harvard Business School, Tufts University, Suffolk University, Ashridge Business School, and Orbis, a humanitarian organization dedicated to eradicating blindness worldwide; individual experts including psychologist Dr. William Pollack (McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School); psychiatrist Dr. John Sharp (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Geffen School at UCLA); and Dr. Ranjay Gulati, (Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor at the Harvard Business School); executives including Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies; Jeff Bussgang, principal at venture capital firm Flybridge Partners; and Dave Balter, founder of BzzAgent, a social media company.

We have worked with many major publishing houses, including Times Books/Henry Holt, Random House/Owl, Harvard Business Press, Crown Business, Harper Business, Portfolio/Penguin, Business Plus/Hachette, McGraw-Hill, John Wiley & Sons, and AMACOM. Our books have appeared on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, the Economist, the Washington Post, BusinessWeek, and The Boston Globe, have been translated into twenty languages, and have sold more than a million copies worldwide.