Craig Bruce

Happy 250th birthday, America. I'm Craig Bruce, founder and managing principal Evolve Advisory Group.

Freedom. Freedom is the power to take an idea and turn it into a company, to build that company, to empower its people, and to serve the community around it. Many people talk about the greatness of America and what it takes, our resources, our institutions, our markets, and I believe it's much more fundamental.

The competitive advantage of America is our people, the entrepreneurial spirit that runs through our people, the fact that we can take an idea, build it, inspire, hire, serve, and start again when the first attempt breaks. And this spirit is not automatic, and every generation has to build it and pass it on.

And I believe that as leaders, our greatest and most important work is developing that next generation, not only opening doors for them, but mentoring them, developing them, and empowering them to walk through those doors on their own so that they create a life and a business that we haven't even imagined yet.

250 years and counting, let's continue to celebrate freedom, celebrate enterprise, and celebrate us.