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Fast Track Your Big Idea

December 15, 2025 By Jeremy Shapiro

Fast Track Your Big Idea

Fast Track Your Big Idea! gives you a clear roadmap to move a bold idea from concept to execution. The book shows you how to build momentum early so your strategy gains traction fast. As a business owner, this helps you shorten the path between planning and results.

The book also explains how to avoid common mistakes that slow growth. You learn to spot issues that drain trust or derail progress. This helps you keep your team aligned and your initiative on track.

A major theme is reframing risk. Instead of seeing risk as a threat, the author shows how to use it to your advantage. Entrepreneurs benefit because risk is always present during growth, and this approach turns uncertainty into momentum.

You also gain tools to communicate your vision so people act on it right away. The book outlines simple ways to mobilize customers, partners, and team members. This is powerful for entrepreneurs who need fast buy-in to scale.

The concepts apply whether you’re launching a new product, improving a system, or shifting direction. The guidance helps you make faster decisions and navigate change with more confidence. This gives you a practical playbook to keep your big idea moving forward.

As an entrepreneur, reading Fast Track Your Big Idea! you will learn:

  • Strategic Acceleration: How to move your idea from planning to action quickly so you gain early momentum.
  • Risk Reframing: How to turn uncertainty into a strategic advantage by understanding the people side of risk.
  • Stronger Buy-In: How to mobilize customers, partners, and team members to take action without delays or confusion.
  • Momentum Protection: How to avoid the common mistakes that slow progress, drain trust, and derail promising initiatives.
  • Clear Alignment: How to communicate your vision in a way that keeps everyone focused, engaged, and moving in the same direction.
“Your ideas deserve to see the light of day – and Fast Track Your Big Idea! can help you motivate your team to get it there! Susan Schramm lays out the roadmap to get you from idea to strategy to implementation. If you’re a “do it yourself”er, this book isn’t for you. This is for the team leader, the CEO, the business owner, the project manager, the entrepreneur, and the “get it done together”er. Align your team behind the vision, create momentum with one of the Acceleration Advantages she lays out in the book, and use the checklists and tools provided to GSD. I especially loved how each chapter wraps with a Key Takeaway section and Next Steps section. If you’ve got an idea and a team, this book is for you.”
Jeremy Shapiro

Jeremy Shapiro

Author, Your Business Growth Playbook
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About The Fast Track Your Big Idea Author, Susan Schramm

Susan Schramm Author of Fast Track Your Big Idea

Susan Schramm is dedicated to helping people turn big ideas into real impact. She has spent years equipping leaders with tools that remove obstacles and build momentum. Her work blends encouragement, clarity, and practical strategy.

She brings experience from decades of working with Fortune 500 companies, startups, and nonprofits. After leading major launches and initiatives across many industries, she founded Go to Market Impact. Her consultancy helps leaders navigate complex strategies with more confidence and less confusion.

Susan also created the DE-RISK SYSTEM FOR IMPACT®, a framework that helps leaders manage the people side of risk. She is known for her energy, insight, and ability to simplify tough challenges. Outside of her work, she enjoys exploring new places and proudly checked off a goal to visit all 50 states.

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