When you write a section like this, it's almost unnerving because of the thought of missing someone, just one important person. So if I've missed anyone, I'm sorry and you have my deepest thanks! The people I know I need to thank for sure include everyone in this book; you made this book possible and my life so much richer; Bettijean Collins, my amazing editor and no-BS friend; Heidi Toboni at Helt Consulting, who guided me through this process so smartly and surely; Matt Davis at John Wiley & Sons and Mark Fortier at Fortier PR, who helped make this happen out in the world; Paul and Debbi Brainerd, Scott Oki, Maggie and Doug Walker, Ida Cole, Bill Neukom, the founders of SVP, none of this exists without your vision and friendship; Erin Kahn, Aaron Jacobs, Rona Pryor, Tom Donlea, Susan Fairchild, Ruth Jones, Azania Andrews, Heidi Winterkorn Craemer, Marie Sauter, Sofia Michelakis, Lynn Coriano, Sally Gillis, Mike Quinn, Marlene Rapues, Megan Bartot, Becca Stephens, Ben Mitchell, and Juliet Le, all of the awesome SVP and SVPI staff that have been along for this amazing journey; Keith Kegley and Larry Fox, two of the most thoughtful “thought partners” anyone could ever hope for; truth-teller friends Will Novy-Hilldeseley, Ben Klasky, Nancy Cannon, Lynann Bradbury, Dawn Trudeau, Fraser Black, and Chris Rogers, you have no idea how much I value each of you; SVP International board members over the years, too many to list all of them, but you all made the collective so much more than anyone ever thought possible, especially Brad Zumwalt, Bob Wright, Lance Fors, John Fort, Dan Catlin, Denis Cavner, Alan Sorkin, Andy and Krystyna Williamson, Hideki Inoue, and Kevin Shaw. Thank you, Jerry Hirsch, for being the first guy to make SVP into more than one city and a friend of the highest degree ever since; so many partners at SVP Seattle, it's literally impossible to list or prioritize them. It would take me another book and a month of my life to thank all of you for everything you have done for this world, this community, and for me. A handful do stand out who have been such mentors and guides in the past year or two: Todd Vogel, Tony LaLiberte, Ron Tanemura, Emily Anthony, Lisa Norton, John Sage, Vanessa Kirsch, Kim Syman, Julie Davis, Charlotte Guyman, Mike and Jackie Bezos, Lowell Weiss, Brian Vowinkel, Mike and Molly Hanlon, Janet Levinger, Tony Mestres, Victor Alcantara, Norm Bontje, Gideon Rosenblatt and CJ Liu—and I know there are a few more I should add, but I don't know where to stop. I'll add Brad Brickman, Austin McNamee, Emer Dooley, Mike Cadigan, and Susan Mitchell, for taking the time to talk to me about this book too; Olivia Leland, John Brown, and Dean Hachamovitch for your feedback and friendship; so many awesome, spectacular colleagues out there in the social sector who informed this book and my beliefs in countless ways. They include: Heather McLeod Grant, Peter Hero, Melinda Tuan, Darrell Hamond, Glen Galaich, Henry Berman, Jed Emerson, Jim Collins, Jim Pitofsky, John Wood, Katherine Fulton, Laura Arrillaga-Andreesen, John Burgess, Richard Woo, Dan Cardinali, Sterling Speirn and Diana Aviv, Tom Tierney and Jeff Bradach, John Kania and Fay Hanley Brown, Ann Krumboltz, Colleen Willoughby, Tricia Raikes, Tricia McKay, Aaron Hurst, Alan Khazei, Andy Goodman, Banny Banerjee, Kathleen Enright, Grant Oliphant, Gregg Behr, Mario Morino, Cheryl Dahle. There are four authors who inspire me all the time: Seth Godin, Daniel Pink, Nick Kristof, and Malcolm Gladwell, plus all of the other authors listed in Appendix 3. I've read and admire all of your work greatly. Thanks also to my first boss, Brad Alford, whom I learned more from than anyone at work other than maybe Dawn Trudeau; my two referee buddies, Matt Mason and Tim Gately, that are just A-1 human beings and gave me a few great slices of feedback along the way as I wrote this. And to my family back in Iowa: Mom and Dad, Peg and Jim, Mary and Dave, Mark, Jacce, and Aly, Jeff and Keith—thanks for putting up with me all these years. And just one more time—to everyone who was ever an SVP partner, investee, colleague, or community member—there are thousands of you who make this world a better place and have helped me countless times along this journey of my own can't not do in life.

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