Entrepreneurs have a bad reputation. They are seen as unsocial, greedy, and wealthy entrepreneurs are even considered harmful. However, without entrepreneurs, the world we live in today would not exist. Entrepreneurs are behind nearly everything that makes our world progressive today. In medicine, technology, and education – without entrepreneurs, the lights would literally go out. In this book, Julien Backhaus looks at the history of our modern society. He shows how entrepreneurs have saved the world and will continue to save the future. Through numerous conversations with the global entrepreneurial elite, he has also uncovered the secrets of success that define true achievers. He reveals how billionaires and innovators like Carsten Maschmeyer, Philipp Plein, or Verona Pooth think and what paths exist today for starting a business. The will to start a business is at a low point and threatens our economic future. Readers will learn how simple and inexpensive it can be to build their own company. Without loans, without investors, without original ideas. But it requires doers. With a foreword by tech superstar Frank Thelen and contributions from prominent figures like Sarna Röser, Rainer Zitelmann, and Frank Schäffler, this book offers a glimpse behind the scenes of entrepreneurs, achievers, and self-made men and women.