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US Population: 317,987,522 World Population: 7,164,066,667 Source: United States Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/popclock/ http://www.census.gov/popclock
by jackgavigan 13y ago
US Population: 317,987,522
World Population: 7,164,066,667
Source: United States Census Bureau - http://www.census.gov/popclock/ http://www.census.gov/popclock/
By those estimates, the United States accounts for less than 4.44% of the world's population. Or, to put it another way, more than 95% of the world's population is outside the US.
So, unless you believe that there is something special about people in the United States that makes them better founders than people from other countries, it's not a massive stretch of the imagination to conclude that there are 19x as many good founders outside the US as there are inside it.
- dlp211 13y agoActually I would argue that it is a big stretch of the imagination that there are 19x as many good founders outside the US. The problem is by the opportunity provided of where people live, their status is society, and a variety of other factors such as available education, access to technology etc. For that reason the multiplier has to be much less.
- mikeg8 13y agoI totally agree with you from a statistical view-point but there are definitely cultural, social, educational differences between Americans and non-american that may give us the upper hand in founding companies (as evidence by the founders of many large tech companies). I definitely DO believe that that we have a larger relative portion of our population that poses more of the characteristics required to be a successful founder. See also PG's comment on founders with strong accents.