Launching his career as an entrepreneur from college in 1999, Ryan Blair went on to start six companies over the last decade, the most recent being ViSalus Sciences, which was purchased by Blyth Inc. in 2008. Having overcome an early life of adversity, Ryan Blair is often profiled by the media as an entrepreneurial role model, and has given thousands of motivational speeches. Ryan is the CEO of ViSalus, an angel investor, and mentor to many entrepreneurs.

Don Yaeger is a four-time New York Times Best-Selling author, respected journalist, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and media coach to some of the best athletes and businessmen in the world. His latest book is A Game Plan for Life, written with legendary basketball coach John Wooden.

Why I Wrote This Book and Why You Should Read it

“Our generation had it all, and now it has nothing. Nothing to lose.

I have a plan to restore the American dream, to make the liars pay. Innovate them out of existence. It doesn’t matter what your education is or isn’t. Democrat or Republican. What matters is your mindset. The dedication to finding a way to make profits while keeping promises, to create jobs, to create companies, and to be part of companies that are finding ways to cut out the people who collapsed our economy in the first place.

We need the tools of entrepreneurship to build a new America. One where authenticity commands respect of the powers that lead and your contribution to society isn’t taxed, but rather invested in. Where the more jobs you create, and the more problems you solve, the more you’re rewarded.

We have no real influence over the politicians, and they aren’t going to solve this problem for us. So who is going to create jobs for the 50 percent of college graduates out there looking for work? Who is going to create jobs for the 15 million unemployed?

Our generation needs to solve this problem! And I’m not just talking to the baby boomers, Gen X, or Gen Y. I’m addressing Gen E—the entrepreneurial generation. The creative generation. The stuff America was built on. Bootstraps and ingenuity. Mavericks and risk-takers. We need to start turning our ideas into jobs, our purpose into products, and our services into service. It’s time to stop fighting for jobs and start creating them. We have to get off the sidelines and start leading this revolution." ~ Nothing to Lose