mr. bhu srinivasan. in his new book "americana" he takes us to a 400 euros journey to american history of capitalism highlighting some of our industries most important inventions. from the arrival of the mayflower to the inner workings of the mafia to the early days of silicon valley, he presents an exhilarating and eye-opening perspective of an american history of capitalism that i'm sure he's very excited to share with you all today. mr. srinivasan is an accomplished media entrepreneur, digital media, pop culture, technology, publishing and financial content. he arrived in the u.s. with his family at the age of eight, and as a child has lived in the south, the rust belt, southern california and the pacific northwest. his book is available for sale in the bookstore and he will be up here afterwards for a book signing. so please help me welcome mr. srinivasan, everyone. [applause] >> thanks everyone for having me, this is only my second ever book event. so i am very glad you guys took a big chance on com