New post on: National Business Incubation Association (NBIA)
Many readers of this blog are familiar with the Kauffman Foundation and its work around the role of the entrepreneur as the chief agent for innovation, job creation and economic growth. Today, I would like to comment on another contribution of entrepreneurship to society that Kauffman Foundation President Carl Schramm has lead the way in making an integral part of our understanding this field – the expansion of human dignity.
This fall, a new movie will be released called Ten9Eight. If you were lucky enough to be invited to a pre-screening as I was, since a picture tells a thousand words, you will not need this blog to show how expanding opportunities for entrepreneurship is a powerful tool in tackling social challenges. Before you have even finished your 10-second countdown for the film to begin, another high school student in America has decided to throw in the towel. Statistics show that a kid drops out of high school every 9 seconds in the U.S. But the numbers also indicate that the majority of high school drop-outs say they would have stayed in school if they could take courses that seemed more relevant to their lives.
