Daring to Compete

Acknowledgments

Diane Foreman

To EY, thank you for creating and supporting the WEOY program which has allowed tens of thousands of entrepreneurs from every corner of the globe to come together and share their passion and be inspired by each other. You have shown true corporate commitment to “Building a Better Working World.”

To Bryan and Geoffrey, thank you for putting your intellectual rigor, good humor, and disciplined debate into this book. Thank you also for spending your working lives supporting entrepreneurs, but most especially thank you for having faith in my intuition. It's been a privilege to work with you.

Bryan Pearce

Daring to Compete would not have been possible without the collaboration of many valued friends and colleagues.

First, we are so grateful to the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year winners from around the world who participated in interviews – opening up and freely sharing their insights and learnings from their amazing entrepreneurial journeys.

Second, to my coauthors Geoffrey Godding – who has provided great leadership around the development and continual refinement of our EY 7 Drivers of Growth^TM – and of course to Diane Foreman, an exceptional serial entrepreneur, ardent alumna and supporter of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year program around the world, and a great friend. Having the perspective of an incredibly successful business builder like Diane has been irreplaceable in developing this book.

To our tireless project manager for this book, Rebekah ...