Generation Entrepreneur

Generation X was a demographic convenience, a neat label. Generation entrepreneur is reality; a movement of minds and bodies to the new rhythm of commerce. The new generation think differently about business. They are making connections that no one has thought of before. The change is evident even to the naked eye. In business, grey hair and conservative suits used to be compulsory. Button-down constraint was the order of the corporate day. Now fresh-faced entrepreneurs in combat pants stare out from countless business magazines. They don't conform. They have no need to belong. And, they ar wildly successful.

The men and women who are the new wealth-creators and shapers of business are generation entrepreneur. This new breed of entrepreneurs think differently about life in general--and business in particular. They are the new generation of e-literate, entrepreneurial managers and knowledge workers and they are unlike anything that came before.

Most people have heard of gen e's big hitters: thirty-somethings like Michael Dell, founder of Dell Corporation, and Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com; and twenty-somethings like the co-founder of Netscape, Marc Andreessen. This is just the tip of the iceberg--and it's an iceberg that is sinking old-style corporations.

"Generation Entrepreneur" takes the opportunity to define the moment and envisage the future. It examines generation e from every angle: Who are generation entrepreneur? What are their values? Is loyalty really dead? How do generation entrepreneurs balance their work and life? What are the implications for corporations? Where are the hotbeds of activity? What drives these peopleand what are their characteristics?

Corporate man died out in the downsizing age. The Yuppies look neanderthal by comparison. Generation entrepreneur is running the show now--and making up the new rules of business as it goes along.