I [Marc Kramer] recently read a terrific book that provides the history of entrepreneurship in the United States entitled American Entrepreneur by Drs. Larry Schweikart and Lynne Pierson Doti. Dr. Schweikart is a former rock drummer who became a history professor. He has written extensively on the history of American business, particularly finance and banking, and has, more recently, had several best-selling general U.S. history books, including A Patriot’s History of the United States. Dr. Pierson Doti is a professor of economics at Chapman University and served as director of Leatherby Entrepreneurship Center.
What I liked about this book was that it reminded me about what a great country we live in and how people with nothing more than intelligence, hard work and good timing can overcome the odds, build great businesses that catapulted the U.S. into the forefront of the world economy. The following is an interview with the author.
American Entrepreneurs Are The Foundation For Greatness - The Philadelphia Bulletin
