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Andrew Yang, the founder of Venture for America, offers a unique solution to our country’s economic and social problems—our smart people should be building things. <em>Smart People Should Build Things offers a stark picture of the current culture and a revolutionary model that will redirect a generation of ambitious young people to the critical job of innovating and building new businesses.
As the Founder and CEO of Venture for America, Andrew Yang places top college graduates in start-ups for two years in emerging U.S. cities to generate job growth and train the next generation of entrepreneurs. He knows firsthand how our current view of education is broken. Many college graduates aspire to finance, consulting, law school, grad school, or medical school out of a vague desire for additional status and progress rather than from a genuine passion or fit.
In <em>Smart People Should Build Things, this self-described “recovering lawyer” and entrepreneur weaves together a compelling narrative of success stories (including his own), offering observations about the flow of talent in the United States and explanations of why current trends are leading to economic distress and cultural decline. He also presents recommendations for both policy makers and job seekers to make entrepreneurship more realistic and achievable.
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,014
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Pages: 272
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Language: English
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Topic: 1
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Identifier: 9780062292049,0062292048,1360524631,9780062292056
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Ddc: 338/.04-dc23
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Lcc: HB615 .Y35 2014
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Org File Size: 548,891
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Extension: mobi
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Toc: pt. 1. Where our talent is going. The prestige pathways -- Too much of a good thing -- Professional training cuts both ways -- Network effects and why human capital markets don't self-correct -- pt. 2. Building things. Building things is really hard -- How you get better -- Running a company -- Rent-seeking versus value creation -- pt. 3. Solving the problem. The qualities we need -- Building a machine to fix the machine -- The future changes for at least a few -- Teams of builders -- Training camp, and notes from the field -- pt. 4. The future. How to get smart people to build things.