The New Builders. Seth Levine
Notes Endnotes 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? Notes Endnotes 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 Note Endnotes 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 Note Endnotes
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 New Builders Supporting New Builders A Call for Creative Finance Endnotes CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Hope and Promise See New Builders and See Ourselves Change Starts with Individuals, but Collective Action Is What Really Matters Safety Nets and Backstops Rebalance Regulations to Help Small Business Create a Movement of Support for New Builders Broadening Capital Ownership