The Age of Exploration
Colonial Ingenuity
The Business of Revolution
The Revolution of Business
The Land of Opportunity. For Some.
Starting Over versus Failing
Collaboration Thrives
The Dawn of the Internet Age
Venture Capital Is Born
The Silicon Valley Version of Entrepreneurship
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CHAPTER SEVEN: The Elephants in the Room
Go Big or Go Home
Where Did Our Love Affair with Size Come From?
Big and Politically Powerful
Signs of Change?
Who Can Fight Back?
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Where's the Money?
Women‐Owned Businesses Are Our Single Biggest Potential Source of Economic Growth
A Different Flavor of Iced Tea
The Nexus of Capital, Network, and Culture
Grassroots Growth
Capital Matters
Banks
The Slow Decline of Community Banks
More than Just Capital
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CHAPTER NINE: Failure, a Hallmark of Builders New and Old
Are We Starting to Fail at Failing?
Redefining Failure
Institutionalized Failure, in a Good Way
Teaching Resilience
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9 PART III: The Invisible Army CHAPTER TEN: Unlikely Heroes Notes Endnote CHAPTER ELEVEN: Crossing the Divide Big Prairie and Open Pastures An Uphill Climb Fights That Don't Exist Notes Endnotes CHAPTER TWELVE: Sum of Our Parts Beauty Matters The Old Boys Network Put to Good Use Proudly Supporting “Lifestyle Businesses” The Stonewall Jackson Sign Finally Falls Endnotes CHAPTER THIRTEEN: No One Develops on the East Side It Takes Money The Death of the American Bank Financial Giants Redlining Is Real, Even Today “That Evil Woman” The Forgotten Hero of Community Finance Fewer Loans and Higher Interest Rates The Relationship Factor Endnotes
10 PART IV: Face to Face with the Future CHAPTER FOURTEEN: A Secret of Silicon Valley No One Does It Alone Serendipity Focus on the Numbers Two Times More Likely Metcalfe's Law Notes Endnotes CHAPTER FIFTEEN: New Capital Models Financing at Scale The Definition of Investor and Financier Connecting Investors with Main Street A Trailblazer 40 Years in the Making A Laboratory for Innovation
