Comments on: What trends can entrepreneurs leverage to create new businesses?

By: mlgreen8753

mlgreen8753 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 20:52:26 +0000

Just looking at the new social media methods of advertising creates opportunities for entrepreneurs to captalize. For example, with Twitter came numerous Twitter applications from developers and Internet entrepreneurs.

By: Invest in the venture system, not venture capitalists. | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:47:02 +0000

[...] entrepreneurs create businesses in order to jump start the USA’s economy is a good idea: but simply giving money to existing venture capitalists is not the way to execute [...]

By: Is there a funding gap between “testing ideas” and “building businesses”? | Unstructured Thoughts by Taylor Davidson

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 17:51:41 +0000

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By: new media lisa » Blog Archive » The Internet Changes Everything - and Nothing at All

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:32:47 +0000

[...] is a great time to start a business,” he said with a shy smile. “I like to show people what’s possible. I want to do [...]

By: JessieX

JessieX — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:20:38 +0000

Another excellent post, Taylor. I believe I will only benefit more from spending time in the company of your thoughts. You echo much of what I think and ask questions where I haven't asked them yet. The beauty of the downturn is that — even in the uncertainty and inevitable hardships many will experience — Society has the potential to emerge anew after some rather slothful decades.

My guess for business opportunities? Watch what the Boomers articulate as morally important (key word: moral); and watch where Millennials align and move forward together. In there is where many a GenXer (the largest generation and the most entrepreneurial of them all) will find the juiciest business opportunities.

By: Taylor Davidson

Taylor Davidson — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:30:24 +0000

A friend of mine (who would prefer to remain nameless) made a great point about "Change" that I wanted to share:

"One note on your change idea. - You say people are eager for social, political, economic change. I don't necessarily agree in the way you imply though. I think the average American is not looking for
21st century change, but rather they envision change as a return to the way things were in the 1990's or perhaps even before (depending on their age). I think that this is another danger facing Obama.

I would argue that the Bush administration represented a significant shift in foreign policy and in other policy areas from the past; it was real change - just not in the direction a lot of people liked (Personally, I think many Americans are really upset with the changing world - and Bush personifies this to them. The new face of Obama might assuage some of their fear and distaste, but it will not really fix the deeper cause of people's unease.)

I think you have two types of change supporters within the Obama camp - the younger more urban crowd that wants a change in the way you suggested (I think this is the smaller portion of the group) and then those that just want a reversal of the Bush era - not change moving forward but change moving back. It will be difficult for Obama to please both."

The reason it's important is that it points out change is not monolithic, that there are some pretty strong viewpoints on different directions for change, and that as entrepreneurs and existing businesses there are some pretty strong opportunities to capitalize on both broad themes of poltical, social and business change.

By: brooksjordan

brooksjordan — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:26:57 +0000

Great post, Taylor. I've put it in my daily “read it again, this time more slowly” category.

This theme in particular grabbed my attention: “Consumer spending is down, but it’s looking for options.”