[davidgardner]

I agree with @pryelluw's comments about strategy. Developing a clear strategy that maps to current market conditions, competencies and is defensible is hard. I haven't read Art of War yet, but plan to now.

Regarding advice on successful execution, I recommend hbr.org. It has lots of business advice, how-to's, case studies and even document templates. Although there much of their content is free, some require purchase. A quick search for "successful execution" (https://hbr.org/search?search_type=&term=successful+executio...) has a few intriguing results:

* https://hbr.org/2017/11/how-the-most-successful-teams-bridge... * https://hbr.org/product/crossing-the-chasm-leadership-nudges...

Please update us if know if you find other resources that help.

[retreatguru]

I have learned a lot from HBR, but i also find it's skewed, rightfully so, to larger corporations.

I enjoy https://firstround.com/review/ quite a bit. Excellent quality articles.