Just Start

The problem with saying things like “Obama should motivate young people to be entrepreneurs” or “2010 should be the year of Start-Up America” is that it implies that we are incapable of doing these things on our own. It’s a cop-out. How can we expect a slow, bureaucratic entity that is prone to chronic infighting, corruption, and foot-dragging to stimulate innovation? We, the entrepreneurs, do what we do against all odds, and when we succeed it is due to our vision, agility, and follow-through—not because we were awarded a handout from Uncle Sam. Stop whining that this stuff should be easy. It’s not. We don’t create Apples and Googles and Ciscos because it’s easy.