| “America today is lost and drifting away from its | | | | 2. Opportunity |
| core values of independence and freedom.” | | | | America is known as the land of opportunity. And |
| -Young American | | | | while the economy has created struggles and |
| We have gathered insight and perspective from 25 | | | | hardships, there is hope that greater opportunities lie |
| of our peers and tomorrow’s leaders (aged 18 | | | | ahead. “My hope is that every child in America |
| to 39) to learn what they think of the state of | | | | grows up dreaming their own American dream and |
| America today and our future path. Among | | | | truly believes they can achieve it.” A large part |
| our braintrust are brand professionals, Internet | | | | of our heritage has been as an entrepreneurial |
| innovators, and graduate students. This week we | | | | nation. While we may be discouraged by challenging |
| will discuss a series of topics that shed light on | | | | economic times, we recognize that “there is |
| America’s State of the Union, the American | | | | direct economic impact of bringing talents and |
| Dream, brighter days ahead, and our role in making it | | | | entrepreneurial zeal to our country.” |
| happen. | | | | 3. Innovation |
| We begin with the ideal state of America as | | | | We value our freedom to pursue new ideas. We |
| described by our round table of future leaders. | | | | expect to lead the world in innovation. “We as |
| While many topics were discussed in the survey, the | | | | Americans have an opportunity to take our vast |
| following 5 traits rose above all else as the core | | | | resources and make innovations in technology, |
| attributes of an ideal America. | | | | medicine and other fields as well.” As a part of |
| 1. Independence | | | | innovation, we are placing more and more value on |
| From our beginnings, America has valued her | | | | creativity. “I want to live in a country that leads |
| independence. Our freedoms and liberties are | | | | the world in creativity and originality.” |
| central to who we are as a nation. “America | | | | To read the rest of the top 5 traits, visit Sparxoo, a |
| stands for the same things today that it has always | | | | Marketing, Branding and Business Development Blog. |
| stood for – freedom.” | | | | |