by Jean Case
Ellison, Sara, 152
Endeavor (space shuttle), 136
Endurance (ship), 56
entrepreneurship, 128–29, 149, 151
Equal Justice Initiative, 37–38
Ethiopia, 190–92
Excellence Dividend, The (Peters), 196
Explorers, National Geographic 53–56
Extra Mile, 32
Facebook, 69–70, 112
Fail Fast, Fail Often (Babineaux and Krumboltz), 186
“fail fests,” 92
“failing forward,” 93
failure. See Make Failure Matter
fear. See Let Urgency Conquer Fear
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 177–78
Federal Trade Commission, 155
Fey, Tina, 131
financial crisis of 2008, 186–87
first responders, 177–83
5 Second Rule, The (Robbins), 185–86
Flannery, Matt, 70
Forbes, 148
Ford, President Gerald, 155
Ford, Harold, 151
Ford, Henry, 39
Ford Foundation, 109, 130, 138
Fortune 500 companies, 71, 149
Franklin, Barbara Hackman, 154
Gabre-Tsadick, Marta, 190–92, 194
Gandhi, Mahatma, 190
Ganz, Marshall, 192–93
Gardens of the Queens, 33–34
Gates, Bill, 112–13, 116
Gates, Melinda, 113, 116, 139–40
Gates Foundation, 112–13, 120, 140
Gebbia, Joe, 8–10, 46, 169
GE Foundation, 139
Geithner, Timothy, 187
General Electric (GE), xxviii, 75–76
General Motors (GM—rescue of), 187
GEnie, 75, 82
George Washington University, 181
Gerstner, Louis V., Jr., 94
Gilbert, Dan, 130
Gilboa, David, 35–36, 37
Give an Hour, 4–5
Giving Pledge, 116
Gladwell, Malcolm, 116, 148
Glaser, Elizabeth, 141
Glaser, Vera, 154
Glass, Noah, 80
Glassman, Bernie, 26
Goldman Sachs (impact investing and), 138
Gombe Stream National Park (Tanzania), 61
Goodall, Jane, 140
foreword, xi–xv
personal story and risk-taking of, 61–63
Google, 69, 70, 159, 162
Google X. See X project
Gore, Al, 163
GPIF (Japan’s pension fund), 138
Graham, Billy, 158
Graham, Paul, 9–10
Grant, Adam, 129
Gray, Peter, 77
Gretzky, Wayne, 46
Greyston Bakery, 26, 137
gun control issue, 24
Haile Selassie, 191
Haitian earthquake, 108, 163, 179
Hamilton (musical), 146–47
Hamilton, Alexander, 146–47
Hansen, Hilary, 181
Happy Family, 14–15, 137
Harry Potter series (Rowling), 106
Harvard Business School, 196
Harvard Business School Alumni Association (author’s discussion at), 154
Harvard Kennedy School, 192
Harvard University, 98
Hastings, Reed, 78–79
Hawking, Stephen, 21
hazmat suits, improved design, 138–39
Hershey, Catherine, 115
Hershey, Milton S., 114–16
Hershey Chocolate Company, 115
Hershey Industrial School, 115
Hiding Place, The (ten Boom), 173–74
Hillbilly Elegy (Vance), 129
Hills, Carla, 155
Hobson, Mellody, 150–51, 166
Hoffman, Reid, 136
Holt, Bertha and Harry, 188–90, 192, 194, 196
Holt, Molly, 190
Holt Agency Museum, 190
Holt Law, 189
Horn, Miriam, 72
How We Got to Now (Johnson), 67–68
Hubbard, Mabel, 74
Hunt, Clay, 108
Hurricane Harvey, 127, 182
Hurricane Katrina, 177–78
Hurricane Maria, 22, 179
IBM, 60, 94–95
Iger, Bob, 81
inclusion, in entrepreneurship, 147-155
impact investing, 14, 137–38
impostor syndrome, 105
Inc., 186
incarceration, mass, 37–38
innovation and invention
blind spots for, 128–29
public opinion vs., 39
in rural communities, 72
by women, 6, 152-155
Innovation Blind Spot, The (Baird), 128–29
International Rescue Committee, 139
International Space Station, 136
Internet
author’s early work in field, xxviii, 68, 76
consumer access to permitted, 159
growth in use of, 39
invention. See innovation and invention
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), 182–83
Iraq war, 3, 108, 153, 182
iTunes, 80
Jackley, Jessica, 70–71
Jaleo, 179
James, LeBron (Madam C.J. Walker movie and), 6
Jane (film), 61, 63
Jane Goodall Institute, xiv, 63
Japanese cherry blossom trees (importing to US), 55
Jenner, Edward, 61, 64
Jhpiego, 139
Joan of Arc, 24
Jobs, Steve, 60, 99–101
Johns Hopkins University, 139
Johnson, Steven, 67–68, 69
Johnson & Johnson (Tylenol crisis and), 170
Jordan, Michael, 102
J.P. Morgan (impact investing and), 138
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption (Stevenson), 38
Kansas State University, 73
Keller, Helen, 172
Kellogg Foundation, 130
Kennedy, John F., 19–20, 21, 30, 46–47
Kennedy, Robert F., 29–30, 90
Kennedy, Rosemary, 30
Kerouac, Jack (as inspiration for Warby Parker name), 36
Kim, Chloe, 102
Kimsey, Jim, 69
Kindle, 42
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 160, 174
Kiva, 70
Klain, Ron, 138
KLM Airlines, 136–37
Knopf, Justin, 72–74
Kodak, 77–78
Korean War orphans, 188–90
Kotter, John, 196
Kresge Foundation, 130
Krishnamurthy, Vaish, 130
Krugman, Paul, 42
Krumboltz, John, 186
Last Mile Health, 161–62
Las Vegas mass shooting, 182
late bloomers, 116
Leakey, Louis, 62
Lean Startup, The (Ries), 64–65
LEGO, 136
Leonardo da Vinci, 179
Leonsis, Ted, 113–14
Let Urgency Conquer Fear
be a first responder, 177–83
be the one, 195–97
don’t overthink or overanalyze, 185–94
explanation of principle, xix
seize the moment, 169–75
Let’s Move campaign, 181
Lewis, Jessica, 178, 196
Liberia (Last Mile Health and), 161–62
lightbulb, invention of, 67–68, 99
Lincoln, Abraham, 46
LinkedIn, 136
Linkner, Josh, 77
Loretta Claiborne Story, The (film), 31
Lost Boys of Sudan, 106–7
Lucasfilm (AOL partnership and), 158
Luckow, Peter, 161
Macintosh computer, 100
Madam C.J. Walker Hair Culturists Union, 7–8
Mahanoy City, PA (author’s visit to), 126–27
Make a Big Bet
America’s founding as, 23
/> author’s experience of, 16–17
author’s mother’s experience of, xxv
be audacious, 19–28
burst through assumptions, 29–38
explanation of principle, xviii
make a Big Bet, 45–47
peek around corners, 39–44
start right where you are, 3–17
Make Failure Matter
author’s experience of, 89–93
beat the odds, 105–10
crash and learn, 89-96
explanation of principle, xix
fail in the footsteps of giants, 97–103
failure, in the private sector, 93–94
learn from failure, 119–21
take the long view, 111–17
Mama Coo’s Boutique, 71
Mandela, Nelson, 170
marine protected areas (MPAs), 32–34
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. See Parkland shooting
Mars, mission planned for, 23
Marvel Entertainment, 80–81
MBK Alliance, 188
McIngvale, Jim (Mattress Mack), 181–82
McKinsey, 133, 147
McNulty, William, 108
Mead, Margaret, 196
Measure What Matters (Doerr), 162
Mexico City policy, 141
micro-lending movement, 70–71
micro-messaging, 80
Microsoft, 158–59
military veterans
IAVA, 182–83
mental health services for, 3–5, 169
Team Rubicon, 108–9
Milk, Harvey, 160–61
Milton Hershey School, 115
minimum viable product (MVP), 64–65
Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 146–47
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (film), 61
M & M Redzone (author’s visit to), 126
Monitor Institute, 160
moonshots, 20–21, 46–47
Moucheron, Bobby, 126–27
Musk, Elon, 23
Myers-Briggs assessment, 145–46
Napster, 112
NASA, 136
NASCAR, 158
National Geographic, 55, 135
National Geographic Explorers, 61, 134
National Geographic Planetary Leadership Award, 27
National Geographic Society, 32, 33, 42, 53, 55, 57, 134–35, 138, 166
author’s work for, xxix–xxx, 27
endowment of, 135
founding of, 134
Goodall and, 61–62, 63
Pristine Seas initiative, 27
Scidmore as first female board member of, 54
Nazi movement, 172–74
Neal, Miss (author’s teacher), xxvi
Netflix, 78–79, 84
#NeverAgain movement, 24
Newsweek, 154
New Yorker, 116
New York Times, 180
Nike, 185
Nixon, Richard, 141, 154
Nobel Prize, 21, 70
Normal, IL, xxiii–xxv, xxx, 199–200
Northern Trust (best employer for diversity), 148
no-till farming, 73–74
nuclear alert button, erroneous pushing of, 97
Obama, Barack, 12, 138, 155, 163, 187–88
Obama, Michelle, 181
Obama Foundation, 188
odds, beating, 105–10
Odeo, 80
Olympics, 102. See also Special Olympics
100 Most Influential People in the World (Time magazine), 5, 109, 181
Operation Iraqi Freedom, 153
Oprah (television program), 31
orchestras, blind auditions in, 151–52
Originals (Grant), 129
Out on a Limb program, 51–53
overthinking/overanalyzing, avoiding, 185–94
Page, Larry, 162
“Painful Acknowledgement of Coming Up Short, The” (Case), 92
Parcak, Sarah, 42–44
parenting, risk taking in, 76–77
Parkland shooting, 24, 45, 47
partnerships
build unlikely, 133–43
leverage for growth, 157–63
Pentagon (reforms in), 161
People Are Talking (television program), 98
PEPFAR. See President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief
perfection, myth of, 120
Peters, Tom, 196
Pezeshki, Bryan, 11–12
Pierce, Bob, 188
Pinochet, Augusto, 27
Pittsburgh, PA (innovation in), 129–30
Pixar, 100–101
PlayPumps, 90–93
Points of Light Monument, 32
polio
eradication efforts, 112–13, 120
vaccine development, 63–64
post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 3, 108, 183
President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (PEPFAR), 142, 166
Princeton University, 195
principles of Be Fearless, xviii–xix
Prison Fellowship, 141
Pristine Seas initiative, 27
Project Last Mile, 140
Project Loon, 22
Project Mercy, 190–92
Psychology Today, 77
PTSD. See post-traumatic stress disorder
purpose (sense of), 108, 137, 195, 210-211
Putt, Emily, 181
Quicken Loans (investment in Detroit), 130
racial discrimination, 37–38, 95, 148. See also African Americans
Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman (Horn), 72
Randolph, Marc, 78
Ravensbrück concentration camp, 174
Reach Beyond Your Bubble
be better together (see diversity)
build unlikely partnerships, 133–43
doing it, 165–66
eliminate blind spots, 125–31
explanation of principle, xix
leverage partnerships for growth, 157–63
Reagan, Ronald, xxviii, 111, 141
regret, risk or, 75–82
rejection, 98–99, 119
research and development (R&D), 59–66
Rieckhoff, Paul, 182–83
Ries, Eric, 64–65
Rise of the Rest, 71–72, 125–29
risk-taking, See Be Bold, Take Risks
“Risky Play: Why Children Love It and Need It” (Gray), 77
Road to Reinvention, The (Linkner), 77
Robbins, Mel, 185–86
Rometty, Ginni, 95
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 84
Roosevelt, Theodore, 193–94
Roots & Shoots, xiv
Rowling, J. K., 105–6, 119
Rumi, 55
Ruth, Babe, 116
“safe table,” 92
Sala, Enric, 32–34
Salk, Jonas, 63–64
Sasson, Steve, 78
Saturday Night Live (women’s contribution on), 131
Schara, Jordyn, 24–25
Schueckler, Jim, 78
Scidmore, Eliza, 54–55
Scott, H. Lee, Jr., 178
Scott, Rick, 24
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 33
September 11 terrorist attacks, 182, 183
Seriff, Marc, 69
7 Habits of Highly Effective People, The (Covey), 165
Shackleton, Sir Ernest, 55–56, 169
Shah, Rajiv, 192
Share Our Strength, 190
Shaw, E. Clay, Jr., xxvii–xxviii, 57
Shirley, Dame Stephanie, 152–55
Shore, Billy, 190
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy, 29–32, 47
smallpox vaccine, 61
Smith, Jonathan, 182
Smith, Michael, 188
soil preservation, 72–74
SolePower, 130
Sony Pictures, 80–81
Source, The, 68, 82
Southeast Asia earthquake and tsunami, 163
SpaceX, 23
Spanx, 34–35, 46
Special Olympics, 29–32
Spencer, Octavia (Madam C.J. Walker movie and), 6
Spielberg, Steven, 98–99, 105
“sponge” approach, 68, 69, 79, 85
sports, failure in, 101–2, 113–14
Spotify, 112
Stanford University, 100
Stanley Cup, 113–14
Stanton, Matthew, 130
Stevenson, Bryan, 37–38
Stone, Biz, 80
Stop Playing Safe (Warrell), 83
Sudanese civil war, 106–7
Sumekh, Rachel, 11–13, 47
Swinmurn, Nick, 65
Swipe Out Hunger, 11–13
SXSW conferences, 35
Taft, Helen, 55
Team Rubicon, 108–9
TED Prize, 42, 43, 44
TED talks
(Melinda) Gates’, 139–40
Hobson’s, 151
Salva’s, 106, 107
Teller’s, 22, 94
telephone, invention of, 74
Teller, Astro, 21–22, 47, 93–94, 119, 196
Teller, Edward, 21
ten Boom, Corrie, 173–74, 175, 196
Tesla, 23
Tfile-Wold, Deme, 190–92
That’s a Wrap!, 71
Third Wave, The (Steve Case), 129, 171
Thompson, Derfi, 21
Time, 5, 109, 158, 181
Time Warner, 159–60
Tiyatien Health, 161
Tobias, Randall, 141
Tompkins, Doug, 27
Tompkins, Kristine, 27
TPG, (impact investing and), 138
Trashbot, 130
true north, focusing on, 47
Trump, Donald, 155
21st Century Fox, 135, 166
Twitter, 69, 70, 80
“two flints” approach, 162
Tylenol poisoning incident, 170
Uber, 130
UCLA (Swipe Out Hunger and), 12, 13
unconscious bias, 150, 165
“Unexpected Benefit of Celebrating Failure, The” (Teller Ted talk), 94
United Nations (withdrawal from Korea by), 188
United Nations Messenger of Peace position, 63
United Nations Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Health position, 91
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 139, 191
Universal Studios, 99
University of Pittsburgh Virus Research Laboratory, 63
urgency. See Let Urgency Conquer Fear
USAID. See United States Agency for International Development
vaccines
polio, 63–64
smallpox, 61
VAI Consulting and Training, 153
Vance, J. D., 129
Van Dahlen, Barbara, 3–5, 8, 47, 108, 169
venture capital-backed companies, 148–50
Venture Initiative Program, 36
Virgin Atlantic Airways, 102–3
Virgin Group, 103
VisionSpring, 35
Visram, Shazi, 13–15
Wagoner, Rick, 187
Walker, Charles Joseph, 7
Walker, Darren, 109–10
Walker, Madam C. J., 6–8
Walmart, 177–78, 196
Walt Disney Company, 80, 81, 100–101
Warby Parker, 36, 137, 169
Warrell, Margie, 83
Washington Capitals, 113
Washington Post, 109, 179