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Raising an Entrepreneur
How to Help Your Children Achieve Their Dreams - 99 Stories from Families Who Did
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Learn how successful entrepreneurs were raised! Could your children start a company that disrupts existing industries? Or a non-profit that helps people around the world? Or follow their passion as an artist or activist? And most importantly, lead a life of joy and purpose, to be happy and fulfilled?
Margot Machol Bisnow, mother of two thriving entrepreneurs, reveals how to raise creative, confident, resilient, fearless kids who achieve their dreams, through 99 stories of families who did it.
Read stories from 70 families who raised true game changers. See family photos of these thriving entrepreneurs, both when they were young and today, and learn the secrets of how they were raised. The entrepreneurs include:
- Film director Jon Chu
- YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki
- Method products co-founder Eric Ryan
- Kiva co-founder Jessica Jackley
- Under Armour founder Kevin Plank
- Chef Nyesha Arrington
- Life is Good co-founder Bert Jacobs
- TOMS founder Blake Mycoskie
- Actor Emmanuelle Chriqui
- League of Legends gamemaker Thomas Vu
- Sweetgreen co-founder Jonathan Neman
- Mama Hope founder Nyla Rodgers
- Blue Bottle Coffee CEO Bryan Meehan
- Grammy-winning songwriter Benny Blanco
- Aviator Nation founder Paige Mycoskie
- Film director Unjoo Moon
- Charity:water founder Scott Harrison
- Supermodel Karolina Kurkova
- Automattic founder Matt Mullenweg
- Daybreaker co-founder Radha Agrawal
- Union Heritage Capital CMO Nia Batts
- Breakthrough coach Quddus
- Blue Man Group co-founder Chris Wink
- FEED Projects co-founder Ellen Gustafson
- Qey Capital co-founder Dhani Jones
- TV host Tommy McFly
- Hello Alice co-founder Elizabeth McGee Gore
- Altimeter Capital founder Brad Gerstner
- Modo Yoga co-founder Deena Robertson
- Designer Breegan Jane
Raising an Entrepreneur is a must-read for parents who aspire to nurture the entrepreneurial spirit in their children, offering insights and inspiration from those who have succeeded.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781098377748
Publisher: BookBaby
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 May 2022
Country: United States
Imprint: BookBaby
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Foreword by Elliott Bisnow
- Foreword by Austin Bisnow
- Foreword by Elliott Bisnow
- Foreword by Austin Bisnow
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 644g
Pages: 400
About the Author
Margot Machol Bisnow is a writer, wife, and mom who speaks on raising fearless, creative, entrepreneurial kids who are filled with joy and purpose. She is the author of Raising an Entrepreneur. Margot has a BA in English and an MBA, both from Northwestern, and spent 20 years in government, mostly in international development, including as an FTC Commissioner and staff director of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Both her kids are now grown: Austin started a popular band, Magic Giant; Elliott founded Summit, a noted international conference series for Millennial entrepreneurs and creatives, and led the purchase and development of Powder Mountain ski resort in Utah as a permanent home for the Summit community. She is honored they co-authored her book's Foreword. Her husband Mark was a late-blooming entrepreneur, and wishes his parents had read her book when he was growing up, so he might have started his company before he was 50. Margot is on the Board of Capital Partners for Education, that mentors low-income DC area high school kids.Foreword writer Elliott Bisnow founded Summit, a noted international conference series for Millennial entrepreneurs and creatives, and led the purchase and development of Powder Mountain ski resort in Utah as a home for the Summit community.Foreword writer Austin Bisnow is the founder & lead singer of popular alt-band Magic Giant.
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