Launch America! Reviving the American Dream

In this book by the American entrepreneur and inventor Nick Bassill, he outlines a bold plan to create thousands of new businesses and new jobs all across the country and revive the American Dream for millions of Americans. The book introduces the Launch America Initiative, a nonpartisan, grassroots effort to jump-start the economy, with the help of a major new tax incentive and safety-net proposal. The book also presents a step-by-step guide for aspiring entrepreneurs to build a business from the ground up, including how to: build a great team, find a mentor to help, write a compelling business plan, get the business funded, improve communication and decision-making skills, and utilize the expertise and experience of volunteers. Praise for Launch America! Reviving the American Dream: "Nothing is more vitally needed in this country today than getting the American economy up and running again . . . . Opening up the investor pool, as Nick Bassill proposes in his book, has the potential to make available much more capital for new business ventures in a very unique way . . . . "The book is also a treasure chest of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. It ties together what it takes to shepherd a startup from an idea through all the stages of development, so that the startup has the best possible chance of surviving and thriving, and of contributing to the resurgence of the American economy." - Michael Scotto, Chairman Emeritus, SCORE, Ventura, California "Innovation and business startups have always been the driving force of American economic growth . . . . Nick Bassill's new book reveals a clear path to a major economic stimulus." - Tom Stern, M.D., Chairman, One World Institute; Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University