I'm not sure it's always possible to tell into which group your venture falls. Once it might have been safe to assume that Uber was only going to destroy the t

I'm not sure it's always possible to tell into which group your venture falls. Once it might have been safe to assume that Uber was only going to destroy the taxi industry and transfer those jobs to uninsured/underpaid freelancers. Instead, it's resulted in fewer people driving, and taxi jobs seem to be minimally affected (so far...). Ultimately, entrepreneurship is widely recognized as the most effective net job creation engine, so it's probably safe to say that one is creating jobs when one starts a small business in the absence of a good argument to the contrary.