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In Chapter 20 of 20 of his 2010 Capture Your Flag interview, hyperlocal entrepreneur Dan Street joins private equity firm Kohlberg, Kravis, & Roberts (KKR) in a turnaround operations role. Street finds the experience extremely challenging, as it pushes him away from predictable behavior and into more complex thinking. He finds support reading author Ken Wilber and "Spiral Dynamics" author Dr. Don Beck and, through effort and sacrifice, is able to make a stronger contribution.