Doing Business in the United States

Introduction

The Land of Opportunity

There’s gold in them thar hills . . . and there’s millions in it.

—Mark Twain (1835–1910), an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer.

 

I just don’t like sitting around and waiting and thinking. I always repeat this: “When you start walking the way, the way appears.”

—Hamdi Ulukaya (1972–present), a Turkish businessman, entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist of Kurdish background based in the United States is the owner, founder, chairman, and CEO of Chobani, the #1-selling Greek-style yogurt brand in the United States.

Mark Twain’s 1892 novel The American Claimant portraits a character, Mulberry Sellers, as he appeals to a group of gold miners hungry for fortune—an early staple ...