Writer, consultant and speaker Chris Rabb coined the term "invisible capital" to represent the unseen forces that dramatically impact entrepreneurial viability when a good attitude, a great idea, and hard work simply aren't enough.
In his book, Invisible Capital: How Unseen Forces Shape Entrepreneurial Opportunity, Rabb puts forth concrete and effective ways entrepreneurs and their advocates can build and grow sustainable enterprises amid these unseen forces created by society's uneven playing field.
By honoring democratic ideals, challenging assumptions, and reframing how success is defined, Rabb illuminates the promise of commonwealth entrepreneurship. This compelling and often counter-intuitive book illustrates how broad and meaningful entrepreneurial opportunity benefits not just individual entrepreneurs, but local communities and society at large.
Chris Rabb is a writer, consultant and speaker on the intersection of entrepreneurship, politics, media and social identity.
A native of Chicago, he is currently a visiting researcher at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and fellow at Demos, a national nonpartisan advocacy and research center based in New York City.
Mr. Rabb is an alumnus of Yale College and a recipient of a M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. He has worked in the U.S. Senate, the White House Conference on Small Business, and has run a technology-based product design firm and nationally recognized business incubator.
A 2001 awardee of the German Marshall Fund's American Marshall Memorial Fellowship, he is also a Sense-Making Fellow with the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Mr. Rabb is also a member of the executive ensemble of ImprovEdge, an innovative firm that blends improvisational comedy with professional facilitation for corporate and other large-scale clients. As a former stand-up comedian and long-time improvisational performer, this work combines several of his varied skill sets and training for an array of beneficiaries.
Mr. Rabb lives in Philadelphia where he is an active member of the Mt. Airy community. He is an avid genealogist and active father of two young sons.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.ChrisRabb.com
and
http://www.InvisibleCapital.com
