Praise for BLUEPRINT TO A BILLION   "A wonderful, well thought out analysis of entrepreneurship and leadership of a growth company." -Howard Lester, Chairman, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.   "If you dream about growing your business to a billion, this is a fascinating down-to-earth study that you must read. Apply the seven essential principles to your business and you are off and running. Learn about strategy, growth, leadership, team building, and a whole lot more." -Joe Scarlett, Chairman of the Board, Tractor Supply Company   "Blueprint to a Billion is a well-researched and thoughtfully written book that quantifies the growth pattern of America's highest growth companies." -Professor John Quelch, Senior Associate Dean, Harvard Business School   "Eighty percent of the top-performing stocks in the last twenty years were small entrepreneurial companies that had an IPO in the prior eight years. Blueprint to a Billion tells you the seven key things these innovators did in common to become America's greatest growth companies." -William J. O'Neil, Chairman and Founder Investor's Business Daily, www.investors.com   "Thomson has written a masterful work that will catalyze, empower, inspire, motivate, and illuminate entrepreneurs, investors, and policymakers. The world needs this book and will profit from it in manifold ways." -David M. Darst, Managing Director, Individual Investor Group Chief Investment Strategist, Morgan Stanley