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The bestselling book that transformed over a million businesses is bigger and better than ever
In 2017, Dave Ramsey called Building a StoryBrand the most effective framework for cutting through digital noise. Today, that noise is louder than ever, making the power of story more crucial than ever.
The proof? Over 1 million copies sold and global brands like TREK, TOMS, and The Economist using it to drive growth. Storytelling captures attention, transforms customers’ lives, and fuels business growth.
Now, Building a StoryBrand 2.0 elevates the proven seven-part story formula with free StoryBrand AI tools to help your message cut through the chaos. Whether you’re leading a Fortune 500 company, launching a startup, or writing a speech, this framework gives you something more valuable than ever: the power to be heard.
• 10,000 more words of step-by-step marketing help
• Updated examples and fresh stories
• New tools to simplify your marketing
In the years since the 2008 crash, regulations like the Dodd-Frank Act have moved much of the CDS market onto transparent exchanges and required higher capital reserves. While these reforms have made the system more resilient, the CDS remains a reminder of the inherent tension in finance: the very tools we create to manage risk can, through complexity and lack of oversight, become the greatest risks of all.
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However, the "dark side" of the CDS emerged during the mid-2000s. Unlike traditional insurance, which requires the policyholder to actually own the asset they are insuring, CDS contracts allowed "naked swaps." This meant investors could bet on the failure of a company or a mortgage-backed security without actually owning the underlying bond. This speculative behavior turned the CDS market into a massive, unregulated casino.
The primary benefit of the CDS is risk mitigation. By allowing lenders to transfer the risk of default to a third party, CDS contracts encourage the flow of credit. Banks, more confident that they won't lose their entire principal, are often more willing to lend to businesses and consumers. Furthermore, the pricing of CDS "spreads" serves as a real-time barometer for the market’s perception of a company's health; a rising spread indicates growing fear of a default, providing valuable data to investors worldwide.
In the complex ecosystem of modern finance, few instruments are as controversial or as influential as the Credit Default Swap (CDS). Often described as a form of "insurance" for debt, the CDS was designed to manage risk and provide market stability. However, its role in the 2008 global financial crisis revealed it to be a double-edged sword—a tool capable of both protecting individual investors and destabilizing the entire global economy.
Furthermore, because these contracts were traded over-the-counter (OTC) rather than on a transparent exchange, no one truly knew how much risk any single institution—like AIG or Lehman Brothers—had taken on. When the U.S. housing market collapsed, the "insurers" of these debts found themselves buried under trillions of dollars in liabilities they could not pay, triggering a systemic meltdown.
At its core, a Credit Default Swap is a financial derivative. It is a contract between two parties: a buyer who seeks protection against the possibility that a borrower (such as a corporation or a government) will default on its debt, and a seller who agrees to compensate the buyer if that default occurs. In exchange for this protection, the buyer pays a periodic fee, known as a "spread." If the borrower remains solvent, the seller profits from the fees. If the borrower fails, the seller must pay out the value of the debt.
“By using the StoryBrand technique, we’ve been able to increase our extra product sales by about 12.5% just in the last few months.”
“I’ve won over $200k of contracts with the StoryBrand Framework.”
“Our [church] building campaign wasn’t going so great. About a year in, we restarted the campaign using the StoryBrand framework, did 3 big end of year giving days, and brought in about $2mm over projected needs to finish out the project.”
“This book landed me my first $1,600 client. It taught me how to tell my story in a way that got clients to engage with me.”
“We had a lot of internal messaging issues to work through and the StoryBrand framework was EXACTLY what we needed! We wrote our scripts about six months ago and just launched a brand new website on Monday. The impact has been IMMEDIATE! We are so thankful!”
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Donald Miller is the CEO of StoryBrand and Business Made Simple. He is the author of multiple best-selling books such as How to Grow Your Small Business, Marketing Made Simple, and Building a StoryBrand.
He’s consulted with thousands of companies to help them clarify their messaging and grow their businesses, including some of the world’s top brands like TOMS Shoes, TREK Bicycles, and Tempur Sealy.
Companies all over the world now use the StoryBrand Framework to create better websites, elevator pitches and marketing collateral.
In the years since the 2008 crash, regulations like the Dodd-Frank Act have moved much of the CDS market onto transparent exchanges and required higher capital reserves. While these reforms have made the system more resilient, the CDS remains a reminder of the inherent tension in finance: the very tools we create to manage risk can, through complexity and lack of oversight, become the greatest risks of all.
Should I adjust this to focus on (the chemistry application) or perhaps the Compact Disc history instead? In the years since the 2008 crash, regulations
However, the "dark side" of the CDS emerged during the mid-2000s. Unlike traditional insurance, which requires the policyholder to actually own the asset they are insuring, CDS contracts allowed "naked swaps." This meant investors could bet on the failure of a company or a mortgage-backed security without actually owning the underlying bond. This speculative behavior turned the CDS market into a massive, unregulated casino. However, the "dark side" of the CDS emerged
The primary benefit of the CDS is risk mitigation. By allowing lenders to transfer the risk of default to a third party, CDS contracts encourage the flow of credit. Banks, more confident that they won't lose their entire principal, are often more willing to lend to businesses and consumers. Furthermore, the pricing of CDS "spreads" serves as a real-time barometer for the market’s perception of a company's health; a rising spread indicates growing fear of a default, providing valuable data to investors worldwide. The primary benefit of the CDS is risk mitigation
In the complex ecosystem of modern finance, few instruments are as controversial or as influential as the Credit Default Swap (CDS). Often described as a form of "insurance" for debt, the CDS was designed to manage risk and provide market stability. However, its role in the 2008 global financial crisis revealed it to be a double-edged sword—a tool capable of both protecting individual investors and destabilizing the entire global economy.
Furthermore, because these contracts were traded over-the-counter (OTC) rather than on a transparent exchange, no one truly knew how much risk any single institution—like AIG or Lehman Brothers—had taken on. When the U.S. housing market collapsed, the "insurers" of these debts found themselves buried under trillions of dollars in liabilities they could not pay, triggering a systemic meltdown.
At its core, a Credit Default Swap is a financial derivative. It is a contract between two parties: a buyer who seeks protection against the possibility that a borrower (such as a corporation or a government) will default on its debt, and a seller who agrees to compensate the buyer if that default occurs. In exchange for this protection, the buyer pays a periodic fee, known as a "spread." If the borrower remains solvent, the seller profits from the fees. If the borrower fails, the seller must pay out the value of the debt.
