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When I started my business in the late 1960s, it never occurred to me that, at 18, I couldn’t start a business of my own. That was one of my rights as an American citizen. Indeed, when I started, I had few regulatory and other external obstacles to overcome. Today’s entrepreneurial climate is just the opposite. Despite the fact that entrepreneurship is more popular and praised than ever, entrepreneurs pursuing their version of the American Dream are burdened with overbearing regulations, lack of access to capital, burdensome student loans, and public policies that favor big businesses over new startups.

Craig Hall’s new book, BOOM: Bridging the Opportunity Gap to Reignite Startups, officially hits store shelves today.

Hope and opportunity are the currency of a growing middle class and the foundation of the American Dream. Entrepreneurship can help cultivate this. And yet, as our economy and society have drifted into a greater divide between haves and have-nots, we have seen our middle class shrink. We have seen our politics become divisive as we look for easy answers and all go to our own corners and reinforce our own views.

There is an alarming decades-long decline of new business startups facing the United States today. BOOM exposes the reasons behind this downward spiral and outlines strategies to solve the problem.

The 28-story HALL Arts residences features 50 homes starting at $2 million and 1,600 square feet going up to the two-level 10,000-square-foot penthouse while the adjacent HALL Arts Hotel has 183 rooms and 20 suites.

One of downtown Dallas’ new residential towers has topped out construction. The 28-story Hall Arts Residences is being built in the Arts District on Flora Street across from the Meyerson Symphony Center.