Happy Birthday, America! I hope everyone has a fantastic long weekend as we celebrate the 250th birthday of our great country, the semiquincentennial birthday. I hope you all have a safe holiday. This week, we've been talking about why America is the greatest country on Earth for business. I have one more reason to share with you right after this.

People ask why America has produced so many great companies. The answer is not that we are smarter. The answer is much simpler. We have freedom, and freedom creates experimentation, which leads to innovation and new ideas. We are free to fail. We are free to improve. Most businesses don't become billion-dollar businesses, but that's okay because we don't need them to. Innovation will help small companies too. That's what makes us great. Happy birthday, America.