Best Way to Achieve Greatness
Few aspiring entrepreneurs actually get a new venture off the ground. Even fewer go on to be great. Here's why--and how to buck the trend. Read story

Jon Burgstone is the co-author of the new book, Breakthrough Entrepreneurship. He teaches entrepreneurship at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is the Founding Faculty Chair at the University's Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. Previously, Burgstone was CEO and co-founder of SupplierMarket, an Internet software firm serving global enterprises that was acquired by Ariba, Inc. for $1.1B. A graduate of Harvard Business School and an advisor to the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship at Harvard, Burgstone lives in San Francisco where he is also Managing Director of a private investment partnership. @jburgstone
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