With each episode of Make Startups, we explore the stories of founders, investors, philanthropists, and policy makers.

This episode features John Dearie, President at the Center for American Entrepreneurship and Co-Author of “Where the Jobs Are”. We learn about John’s evolution from working at the Federal Reserve, to CEO of the Financial Services Forum, to Founding the Center for American Entrepreneurship. We discuss the importance of startups in America, the role of government, and of capitalism itself.

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