Ever wondered how Tide Pods were invented? Who came up with the soluble film that made biodegradable unit dose detergent possible? P. Scott Bening’s bestselling Formulating Solutions , newly updated with even more take-to-the-bank insights, shares Scott’s journey from chemist to entrepreneur, revealing invaluable key lessons learned throughout his continuing career. As the primary designer of the global strategies and relationships that enabled this successful innovation, Scott developed and positioned his organization for over three decades to thrive in an emerging market space. Now he’s mentoring others on their journeys. Follow Scott’s story and learn how to create beneficial business relationships, scale your company to an enterprise, protect your intellectual property, navigate global growth, and much more. Start cultivating innovation and formulating your own solutions today. " Formulating Solutions is a powerful, entertaining, and instructive book about how one person with humility and vision built a world-class business. Anyone who ever dreamed of running their own business should start by reading this book. P. Scott doesn't shy away from how difficult it is, yet you see through his story how human ingenuity can solve practically any problem. You also see his character on every page and come to easily understand why it is the real secret of his success." - Senator Bill Bradley , US Senator, Rhodes Scholar, Olympic & NBA Hall; of Famer, national radio host, and bestselling author ​"​Creating a successful innovation partnership between two companies is always a challenge. The degree of difficulty goes up dramatically when one is small but mighty, like MonoSol, and the other is a giant like P&G. Under Scott's leadership, MonoSol became a trusted innovation, development, and business partner that worked in tandem with P&G to create the transformational Tide Pods business, solving many difficult problems along the way. We are forever grateful." - Kathy Fish, Former Chief Research, Development, and Innovation Officer at Procter & Gamble; Vice-Chair of the USA Swimming, Balchem & Origin Materials Boards of Directors "A large part of the story of MonoSol—and the story of Scott's leadership—comes down to talent: constantly assessing if you have the right folks in the right seats and then motivating those individuals to rise to their highest potential. That example provides an important perspective and lesson for any aspiring business leader.​"​ - Jonathan Owsley , Managing Partner, L Catterton Growth Fund, Middlebury College and Cornell Law School "​Entrepreneur, CEO, chemist, athlete, musician, race car driver, trusted friend. Scott possesses a unique combination of business acumen, product knowledge, drive to succeed, and humanity. Read this book!​"​ - Tony Kester , Motor racing champion, professional race car driving coach, data acquisition driver development expert, and P. Scott's driving coach "Scott Bening is that very rare individual who challenged the common wisdom that one needs different leaders for start-up ventures than for rapid growth.​ Scott has successfully led an organization through infancy, to material growth as a private equity investment, to becoming a US-based entity in a large multinational, Japanese-owned conglomerate, to retiring after building a strong, capable leadership team to continue the journey. He has much to teach about the skills and approaches to leadership for a wide range of large and small, private and public, organizations.​"​ - Don Leopold , Managing Partner at Sherbrooke Partners, Organization Development Expert at Harvard Business School Every great product has a creation story. Ever wondered about the story behind Tide Pods? What company came up with the film that holds the detergent and then dissolves? How did that simple innovation lead to a huge global success? And what does it take to scale a fast-moving and disruptive company? In Formulating Solutions , P. Scott Bening shares his journey from chemist to entrepreneur and teaches readers the key lessons he's learned throughout his career. As the primary designer of the global strategies and relationships that enabled this story of successful innovation, Scott developed and positioned his organization for over three decades to thrive in an emerging market space. Now he's teaching others to do the same. Follow Scott's story and learn how to create beneficial business relationships, scale your company to an enterprise, protect your intellectual property, navigate global growth, and much more. Start cultivating innovation and formulating solutions today.