Age of the EntrepreneurRecord high interest
The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, which is the largest research project in the world in the area of Entrepreneurship, has concluded that two-thirds of the adult population in the world now feel that Entrepreneurship is a good career choice. It seems that today, where-ever you look you see record high levels of interest in starting your own business. Viewed from another perspective, study after study has found that between 60-80% of people dislike their jobs. This also speaks in favor of entrepreneurship, as it should be based on what a person truly wants to do.
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The world can only go from local to global once in history. And it is happening now.
Record number of people are getting connected to the internet and just like with electricity, once you have it, you have it. Latest statistics of number of people connected to the internet (currently about 40% of world population): |
Entire professions are now becoming obsolete.
For hundreds of years people have worked in stores, in coffee-shops and in restaurants. Many of these jobs are about to disappear. Jobs in transportation and administration are about to disappear. Other professions like doctors and lawyers will change dramatically and many of these jobs will also disappear.
Gold has been dug out of the ground for a long time and for a long time it has been used to build and sustain entire countries. Creativity is the gold in the ground in this paradigm shift. And the creativity for creating the new solutions is being channeled into Entrepreneurship. We are simply moving into the Age of the Entrepreneur and here is some data:
For hundreds of years people have worked in stores, in coffee-shops and in restaurants. Many of these jobs are about to disappear. Jobs in transportation and administration are about to disappear. Other professions like doctors and lawyers will change dramatically and many of these jobs will also disappear.
Gold has been dug out of the ground for a long time and for a long time it has been used to build and sustain entire countries. Creativity is the gold in the ground in this paradigm shift. And the creativity for creating the new solutions is being channeled into Entrepreneurship. We are simply moving into the Age of the Entrepreneur and here is some data:
Research & Data
The McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank, says AI is contributing to a transformation of society happening ten times faster and at 300 times the scale, or roughly 3,000 times the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
The McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank, says AI is contributing to a transformation of society happening ten times faster and at 300 times the scale, or roughly 3,000 times the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
The industrial revolution will seem like a small event compared to the shift we are in now, the largest paradigm shift in history.
The two major differences are:
The two major differences are:
- Only about 1/3 of the world was "invited" for the industrial revolution. With the rapid spread of the internet, soon anyone and everyone will join in on this shift.
- The speed with which this is happening is many, many times faster than in the industrial revolution. And the speed is increasing.
Many people today are getting more and more worried. The question that is often asked is "what will everyone do when the old solutions no longer apply?". The answer is simple: Create new solutions. As mankind always has.
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Numerous reports show that jobs are about to disappear by the millions. Not only jobs but entire professions such as taxi drivers, many restaurant workers and others. Governments around the world have started fearing the problem and talks of Universal Basic Income is now on the table in many countries. It is an idea which has surfaced as a possible answer to the question "how will people be able to manage this big shift"? Tests have already begun in Finland, Amsterdam, the US and more places.
As an example, Foxconn a chinese factory, laid of 50% of its work force (60 000 people) because they will be replaces by Robots. According to a government study, some 600 similar factories are doing the same thing in the near future.
Another example from the fast food industry:
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Conclusion
With enormous change comes big problems. But also equally big opportunities.
There are simply two ways of looking at the world and all the change that is going on:
it is either your greatest problem or your greatest opportunity.
With the industrial revolution and the railway some 200 years ago, came the Entrepreneurial opportunity of shipping the most important commodities of that time such as coal and iron from east to west and north to south.
The railway of today, the Internet, has provided the Entrepreneurial opportunity of shipping the most important commodities of today, information and knowledge. Not just from east to west or north to south, but directly from person to person and immediately upon demand.
With enormous change comes big problems. But also equally big opportunities.
There are simply two ways of looking at the world and all the change that is going on:
it is either your greatest problem or your greatest opportunity.
With the industrial revolution and the railway some 200 years ago, came the Entrepreneurial opportunity of shipping the most important commodities of that time such as coal and iron from east to west and north to south.
The railway of today, the Internet, has provided the Entrepreneurial opportunity of shipping the most important commodities of today, information and knowledge. Not just from east to west or north to south, but directly from person to person and immediately upon demand.