Two fifteen-year-old friends and award-winning entrepreneurs, interview 51, diverse, innovators, executives and inventors. Organized into seven leadership styles, from disruptor to champion, and searchable by industry, the brief targeted interviews reveal varied insights into what it takes to create a career that inspires you. This is not a book to read cover to cover, nor is it a practical manual to follow. Readers are best served dipping in: selecting backgrounds, businesses, or attitudes that resonate with them and using the inspiration as a jumping off point to dream and plan. The multitude of diverse ages and perspectives effectively busts the myth that there is any one criteria, or path, to being successful, but the brevity of each exchange leaves a substantial gap from the reader’s here to the entrepreneur’s there, especially as regards to initial funding. Backmatter includes relevant camps, programs fairs, competitions and four aspirational books, three of which are quite dated. Scurlock appears white and Liaw is Asian-American. The youthful perspective of the authors and the paucity of business nonfiction in most library collections up the value of this encouraging survey.

this book makes entrepreneurship accessible to young readers and proposes both sides of the question of whether college is worth it. Some of the answers should be considered for bias (one company owner says college is great, but he did not attend and instead launched an online education website). Overall, it was inspiring and breaks down some of the challenges that can be overcome.

I always wanted to create a small business, apart from my job. Although this book is for kids and teens, it helped me. My business is to sell chocolate in my local city. I have some clients now, and is all cause of this book. 5 out of 5.