Excerpt from New World, Inc. by John Butman, Simon Targett, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

In the process, they developed many of the elements that shaped America as it grew into the country we know today. They originated new corporate and political institutions workable in the New World, embraced new approaches to leadership and social organization, and applied the latest technologies and the latest thinking. They learned how to raise funding, share risk, and allocate capital in ventures with unpredictable outcomes. And most strikingly, they learned how to overcome seemingly insuperable challenges, accept and learn from failure, and cherish the quality that Americans have come to regard as quintessentially their own: perseverance. In New World, Inc., we tell their story--the prequel to the Pilgrims. And, insofar as their actions helped to usher in the modern world, it is our story, too.

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