The Entrepreneurship Evangelist

How much value have you created today? That was my opening to my speech last nite. Even before I introduced myself.

At the Aula Magna at Stockholm University, my crusade began. I told the audience that entrepreneurship is about creating and redistributing wealth in the most effective, efficient and democratic way. (This does not mean that pain is ocassionally involved.) While the economic role of entrepreneurship is more well known, entrepreneurship has an important social role as well. Being a entrepreneur is a noble profession. Furthermore everyone has the opportunity (or should have the opportunity) to become an entrepreneur. We need to make sure the new government keeps this in mind as it develops its policies.

From the response of the crowd during the speech as well the response of the many people who came up to me afterwards, I seem to have already gain some converts.

Tomorrow I am one of the keynote speakers at the Venture Cup 2006 Kick Off event. I will announce the formal naming of my crusade to spread entrepreneurship far a wide.