Entrepreneurship is the best way to move societies and economies forward. It’s the vessel of creation and progress.
Entrepreneurs are the makers that create new value and distribute it across society. They create a balance between makers and takers.
If we look at things from a perspective of individualism we conclude a startup is about two founders and a bunch of people making money.
That is a limited perspective.
By creating my company Ministry of Programming we created dozens of millions of new wealth that hadn’t existed in my country.
This is why startups are so essential.
Job creation is valuable, but more importantly, new successful companies create an example for others to create even more wealth.
What do you see when you look at a country's GDP?
I see the sum of creation and making of new value.
Some startups become medium and large companies over time and they contribute to GDP and social wealth in every country.
That is a driver of any economy.
This is exactly why some economies are better than others. It’s about innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship.
The moment you think that your country is hopeless, stuck and not growing, ask yourself if there is sufficient investment in technology and entrepreneurship?
Are there enough people that understand that creating new companies is an essential contribution to society and to growth and progress?