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Individually in one thing. But usually people care about the aggregate: "How can our city/region/country have moar entrepreneurs?" Just like America today has
by 6cxs2hd6 13y ago
Individually in one thing. But usually people care about the aggregate: "How can our city/region/country have moar entrepreneurs?"
Just like America today has a STEM deficit because being good at math or science isn't as cool as it was back in the send-a-man-to-moon 60s, some places have an entrepreneur deficit because starting a company isn't a positive social signifier.
Although government programs aren't always a total waste, I suspect the main point of leverage is a critical mass of "rock star" examples that people want to be like.
- liam_boogar 13y agoInterestingly enough, these initiatives are all private
- 6cxs2hd6 13y agoI see. Well actually I didn't mean to sound like I was arguing on the public vs. private axis. In fact my put-a-man-on-the-moon example was, of course, hugely about government. What I mean is I'm skeptical of the impact of efforts (public or private) to "teach entrepreneurship". Yes you can teach that, one by one. But if the desired outcome is to have many more entrepreneurs, you don't get there one by one. You get there by changing the culture to elevate the social status of entrepreneurs. Any efforts -- whether public or public -- need to focus on that, first and foremost.