Celebrate Entrepreneurship - Our future depends on us, not Corporate America

Working as a coach, I take it very seriously small businesses. Small businesses and entrepreneurs can have a significant impact on individuals, families and communities. So, in my mind is a small business big business for me! My passion is to help entrepreneurs build profitable businesses and successful! My goal is to generate more revenues and profits for my clients!

Why am I so passionate? It reminds me of early childhood. From birth to fourteen years, I lived in the projects in Detroit, Michigan with my mother who was single and divorced. I learned that we were not financially secure when my mother asked me for a day of Thanksgiving, if I wanted to have breakfast, but the traditional Thanksgiving dinner! It 'was that moment when I realized that we had a lot of money! I was eight. This experience has changed my life forever. I've become more aware about the importance of money. And if my mother had become a company or entrepreneur, rather than an employee? Perhaps, my family would have achieved greater financial stability and struggled less.

My vision and mission is to change your life! For me, the coaching staff. If a company can show you how to become more successful, it will produce more dollars for his children, family, community and church! It also means college education, retirement and financial security. Small business is serious business. It consists of men and women, who take risks, work long hours and creating a business from scratch. We should celebrate all those who embrace the entrepreneurial spirit!

There are 24.7 million businesses in the U.S.! 17.6 million businesses have no employees. Only 5.7 million businesses have employees. Did you know that small businesses represent 99.9% of all firms in the country? A small business is a company with fewer than 500 employees. There are only 17 000 large companies. (Microsoft, General Electric, General Motors, Proctor and Gamble, etc.)

Small business produces the most new products and services to America! Most millionaires do not come from American companies. They are the result of building a profitable business and not work for someone else! So why are we so infatuated with the Fortune 500? Twenty years ago, the strategy was to graduate from high school and build a successful career with a Fortune 500 company.

Now, these big companies are losing business, revenue and market share to global competition and lying off employees. Times have changed! Why are these companies still get all the attention?

This is because it is easier to write about a big company. They all have name recognition, staff of public relations, advertising dollars, more information, more employees and more people know more about them.

We got to celebrate and promote a more entrepreneurial culture in the United States! Our future existence and welfare of our children may depend on it.

I firmly believe that we should focus more attention on small businesses. And 'here that the future of America is located. We need to embrace entrepreneurship and free enterprise! There are enormous advantages and benefits so many!

It 's important to build strong businesses in urban and rural communities. Having more entrepreneurs are key to building a strong community. It is a source of jobs, products and services. Small and medium-sized enterprises can play a vital role to increase the number of internships and apprenticeships for young people. Much of the financial support for our non-profit organizations and community comes from small businesses. Many of our best volunteers are from the small business community. Equally important, some of our best leaders and models come from the small business sector.

Instead of strengthening a culture of celebrity, we need to promote a society that celebrates entrepreneurship and free enterprise! I truly believe that what we celebrate, we become. So, if America celebrates the sport and entertainment, many of our children only aspire to become professional athletes, dancers, actors, entertainers and rappers.

This situation must change!

Like a kid who grew up in Detroit, Michigan, I had the advantage of having many small businesses in my next. As a paperboy, I learned the value of hard work, initiative and commerce. For my efforts, I was able to support my mother to buy groceries for the home! For me, gave me great confidence and improved my self-image. And 'improved my math skills too! I also learned good sales skills, how to communicate and get along with others.

Unfortunately, things are different today. I do not see a lot of small businesses in communities. If there are only a small number of businesses in our neighborhoods, where our young people can learn these vital skills?

You can not learn everything in school!

Perhaps, if we want to promote and celebrate entrepreneurship, free enterprise and business ownership, we will produce the most successful businesses, improve educational opportunities and employment for our young people.

Did you know that in Georgia, not 25 percent of our children's high school high school diploma? We lose some of our guys because they can not see the value of education. Do not see the connection between education and success.

Having smaller businesses in our communities and encourage their active participation, we can save our youth! Young people value education more and aspire to become businessmen, because there will be more business owners. Our young people can see and experience a stronger connection with what is taught and how it can be applied to their everyday life and the "real world". Our children better understand why you need to master English, mathematics and science. They understand the importance of listening, communicating, working together and become a leader. These are all essential qualities that everyone must have to succeed in life! Other programs such as Junior Achievement business education could expand to local elementary schools and secondary schools. This could bring more opportunities for internships and apprenticeships for our high schools, colleges and universities.

That's why I'm passionate about entrepreneurship and dedicated to building a stronger entrepreneurial companies! Google, IBM, Microsoft and Starbucks, we can save! Our federal government, state and local government can not take all! Unfortunately, not always work at the post office in the United States! We need to build our businesses and our communities! We should support with our money! The choice is yours! Maybe if we're talking about improving opportunities for our young people, the choice is pretty clear! As the wise Yoda, once said in one of the movie Star Wars, "No, but it can do!"