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For Greeley: Love. Always.
and for Sacha, Addy, and Amanuel – our New Builders
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For Lillie and Quinn
My marvelous daughters
CONTENTS
1 COVER
5 FOREWORD: OWN YOUR FIERCE POWER Becoming an Entrepreneur Power Moves
6 INTRODUCTION: THE REBIRTH OF THE GREAT AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR
7 PART I: Who are the New Builders? CHAPTER ONE: A New Generation The New Builders Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere Hope Choosing What to See What Is an Entrepreneur? Silicon Valley and the Rise of the Giants Notes Endnotes CHAPTER TWO: How Change Really Happens Main Street USA How Big Became Beautiful Why a Dynamic Economy Is Important Innovation Comes from Surprising Places Can You Tell an Innovator When You See One? Innovation and Invention; Entrepreneurship and Science The Easy Story of the Big Movers Notes Endnotes CHAPTER THREE: The Definition of Success Entrepreneurial Dreams The Great Disappearance It's About Capital. Hard Stop. Note Endnotes CHAPTER FOUR: More than Grit Relentless Pursuit Doing What It Takes Ghost Startups Sometimes It's the Journey That Counts Endnotes
8 PART II: How We Got Here / What We're Up Against CHAPTER FIVE: Opportunity When You Don't Expect It Note Endnotes CHAPTER SIX: A Brief History of Entrepreneurship in the United States Part Myth, Part History Entrepreneurial from the
