It was Teddy Roosevelt who said, “It is not the critic who counts. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” From that idea, we take our name. Good media should be about telling stories, not being incessant critics.

Arena Magazine’s inaugural issue is the first installment of what we consider the yearbook of American capitalism — a celebration of the technologists, tinkerers, builders, and capitalists who are driven by the creative spirit of enterprise.