The Huffington Post – Sam Kirk
“Can you teach someone to be an entrepreneur, or are certain people born with the spirit and drive? I know you can teach someone because I’ve seen it done time and again. But we have a serious problem in the United States. We’re not teaching enough. We can — and must 0- give future entrepreneurs and business leaders the skills and knowledge necessary to grow our economy by teaching them from a young age. We all agree that entrepreneurship is the engine of our economy. Small businesses comprise 99.7 percent of American employer firms, 98 percent of firms exporting goods and 64 percent of net new private-sector jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. And, although this might seem impossible, their importance is growing. Nearly 13 percent of Americans were starting or running new businesses in 2012, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity since at least 1999, according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, an annual report published by Babson College and Baruch College.”(more)