title: Love To Give: A Couple's Efforts to Become Parents
author: Denise E Johnson
description: Denise Johnson is a passionate advocate for children. She volunteers at church for children's ministries and also coordinates the sponsorship program for New Hope Center, a center for orphaned and handicapped children in Ethiopia. She is a wife, mother, and small business owner. She lives in Montana with her husband and growing family.
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  To my lovely wife Jennifer and son Liav. Suddenly, everything is possible
  again.
  
  
  
  
  
  To my fantastic parents and my amazing sister, thank you for all the support
  and belief over the years.
  
  
  
  
  
  P.S. To any children born in the future, sorry you are not in this dedication.
  You would be in here if you already existed.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # INTERVIEWS WITH
  
  
  
  
  
  Sam Altman
  
  
  
  
  
  Marc Andreessen
  
  
  
  
  
  Patrick Collison
  
  
  
  
  
  Joelle Emerson
  
  
  
  
  
  Erin Fors
  
  
  
  
  
  Reid Hoffman
  
  
  
  
  
  Claire Hughes Johnson
  
  
  
  
  
  Aaron Levie
  
  
  
  
  
  Mariam Naficy
  
  
  
  
  
  Keith Rabois
  
  
  
  
  
  Naval Ravikant
  
  
  
  
  
  Ruchi Sanghvi
  
  
  
  
  
  Shannon Stubo Brayton
  
  
  
  
  
  Hemant Taneja
  
  
  
  
  
  Thank you to the founders and entrepreneurs I have worked with over the last
  decade either formally or informally. Your dedication, creativity, curiosity,
  energy, and hope to have a lasting impact and to make the world a better place
  has been inspiring.
  
  
  
  
  
  Countless people contributed their thoughts, revisions, and 