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have a vision for 2020 that we can create 1 million businesses worldwide at an aver-
age valuation of $1 million each, and, as Sramana Mitra points out in her 1M/1M blog
( www.sramanamitra.com ), which is devoted to supporting entrepreneurs to bootstrap
themselves, this momentum could create $1 trillion in value and 10 million jobs.
The 1 million entrepreneurs who will start these 1 million businesses will need the
traitsofthepeopleintroducedinthischapter.Whatdotheyallhaveincommon?Clearly,
they come from all walks of life—from heads of state to C-level execs to students—but
theyallhavegrit,determination,courage,andimaginationaswellasanabilitytopartner
with others and combine forces creatively.
Maybe the one big difference that separates the solar leader from leaders in other
fields is that solar activists sometimes have to take an entrepreneurial role and that solar
entrepreneurshavetobeactivists.Onemustbealittlebitoftheothertospreadthepower
of the sun to everyone.
What You Can Do as a Rooftop Revolutionary
Become a role model yourself: get involved, spread the word, get a solar quote, go
solar, and save our economy and our environment!
Support Green America's call for Clean Energy Victory Bonds at
www.cleanenergyvictorybonds.org .
Become a solar billboard: get a watch or a Kindle cover or a bag or something that
uses direct solar power to demonstrate how cool this stuff is!