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Out of all the definitions and all of the activities the word entails, there is one thing all entrepreneurs have in common. They create jobs, starting with them
by unabst 9y ago
Out of all the definitions and all of the activities the word entails, there is one thing all entrepreneurs have in common. They create jobs, starting with themselves.
That's one job made from none. They can decide not to hire or be happy alone, but eventually, you'd be hard pressed not to hire if your business is thriving and you're generating more work than you can handle yourself. Business have always grown with people. People consuming work = a job.
The job market is not zero sum.
- grondilu 9y ago> Out of all the definitions and all of the activities the word entails, there is one thing all entrepreneurs have in common. They create jobs, starting with themselves. When I clean my house, I sweep the floor. That doesn't mean the purpose of cleaning my house is to sweep the floor.
- unabst 9y agoNo. But sweeping the floor exists as a function of cleaning the house, and if sweeping was the one thing done without exception, it would be a primary function. The purpose would be for your house to get cleaned, but we can clean the house without ending in a clean house. We wouldn't however, not have swept the floor, for that would mean we didn't even attempt to clean the house. Either way, this is semantics. My main point has nothing to do with "primary function" is debatable or not. Entrepreneurs create jobs. This is a fact that doesn't change however you word it. I apologize if my word choice was poor, but feel free to substitute with your own wording.
- Klockan 9y agoAll entrepreneurs create value for humanity, that's their common denominator. If an entrepreneur could create value without needing any human input after the process is started he would do so. It has of course never been possible before since humans have always been needed in some part of the process but that will change once we create fully automated end to end processes.
- unabst 9y agoWhat is the objective measure of "value for humanity"? If you're thinking in dollars, then absolutely not. Most startups are in debt. Their company is worth nothing. They lose the investor's money. The common denominator is that they create jobs, starting with the entrepreneur. And jobs are an objective measure of economic value. The first job they create is for themselves. And that is one less job the government and everyone else has to worry about. And you are assuming there will be no entrepreneurs who create work for themselves, or that there wouldn't be people who would rather do the work than let robots do it, or that people wouldn't hire people just to work with people. You're ignoring the fact that many genuinely enjoy working, and that businesses grow with headcount because they can totally afford it. And lets say your final assertion is true. Robots will replace all workers. But the business is still owned by a person. This person will be incredibly wealthy if all these robots are working for the price of electricity and parts. So this is a wealth problem, more so if you truly believe your own assertions. It may be a jobs problem for certain people sooner, but no one is talking about the wealth problem. Neither are you.