Comments on: That looming entrepreneurship boom (that’s already booming) http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2009/07/10/that-looming-entrepreneurship-boom-thats-already-booming/ Musings on Life, the Universe and microbusiness Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:06:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marsha Shenk http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/2009/07/10/that-looming-entrepreneurship-boom-thats-already-booming/comment-page-1/#comment-45146 Marsha Shenk Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:42:27 +0000 http://blog.microenterprisejournal.com/?p=1570#comment-45146 No doubt about it, aging Babyboomers will source many new enterprises - some more 'entrepreneurial' (meaning: intended to grow beyond micro biz) and many more intended to "just support the family". Let's remember that for most of the history of commerce - say roughly 349,800 generations out of 350,000 - before the Industrial Age - supporting the extended family was the game of commerce. For this Business Anthropologist, it's no surprise that micro biz is growing in economic importance as corporations stumble. Much like the time - about 65 million years ago - when small nimble mammals gained advantage over the dinosaurs. http://www.goodlittlebiz.com/node/242 It’s our moment . Carpe Diem. No doubt about it, aging Babyboomers will source many new enterprises – some more ‘entrepreneurial’ (meaning: intended to grow beyond micro biz) and many more intended to “just support the family”.

Let’s remember that for most of the history of commerce – say roughly 349,800 generations out of 350,000 – before the Industrial Age – supporting the extended family was the game of commerce. For this Business Anthropologist, it’s no surprise that micro biz is growing in economic importance as corporations stumble. Much like the time – about 65 million years ago – when small nimble mammals gained advantage over the dinosaurs. http://www.goodlittlebiz.com/node/242

It’s our moment . Carpe Diem.

]]>