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There is a lot that needs doing in the world:
What issues or problems should entrepreneurs take on next?
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I think as a business in Rhode Island, the number one issue facing us is being able to attract and keep good employees giving the high cost of living in the state. I think as business people we need to find a medium between cost of living and education. I don't think we're getting the bang for our buck for education. We have a brain drain here, where our valuable college students leave for Boston or New York. - Brad Waugh
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I don't believe that the best place for us to focus upon is "what problems need fixing". Solving problems without addressing the thinking and the behavior that is the breeding grounds for the resulting problems is putting a finger in an ever shattering dike. I believe that the most effective ways for entrepreneurs to affect our world lies in the example we set for all to see of what occurs when one lives a life of belief in self, self discipline, self reliance, non-entitlement, optimism, integrity and serving a cause larger than our individual selves.
We must then actively enter our communities to help others to see and experience for themselves that truth which we have already learned. At the end of the day we will have significantly fewer "problems" to face. - Jeff Deckman
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I think two are essential: distribution of wealth and power more equitably by democratizing the workplace, and commitment by commerce to local economies and community preservation. - John Abrams
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I believe entrepreneurs should consider the following issues in planning new enterprises:
Does an enterprise help solve multiple problems? In other words, can an entrepreneur design a business that simultaneously helps improve employment, housing, health, education, or self-esteem among the population served? That is the holistic concept put into practice!
Can today's entrepreneur use new tools, in communications and information technology, as well as adopting other practices to substantially and truly solve environmental problems, by both reducing wasteful use of resources and at the same time empowering others to do the same? How can our own business methods inspire and facilitate others to adopt environmentally sustainable practices.
Ilma Paixao
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Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there will always be problems to solve and issues to deal with in this big world of ours. In trying to call upon the experiences that I have had in my own company’s “small world”, I have found there to be many common threads with regard to problems and how to solve them. What it comes down to for me is communication. If entrepreneurs make a point of not only the importance of good communication, but also the effectiveness of it with regard to problem solving, I feel that it would inevitably be felt and appreciated on a more wide-spread basis. The problems and issues will always be there, but it’s how you manage your relationships through communication that will ultimately make a difference. Both on a large and small scale. - Gina DiSpirito
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Those of us in the food industry need to take on the critical issues facing the world's food supply - the feedstock that gets grown... the whole food chain is in danger. Is our food free of pesticides, does it have nutritional value, are the lands used to grow food stock in danger of disappearing. 8 billion people need to eat... how much land is available to support this? The next time you stroll through your grocery store, note the small fraction of real nutritional value offered to consumers.
Also, any issue having to do with the environment - energy, air pollution, green house gases and global warming... which takes us back to the food chain issue. We're all consumers of the planet's commodities. How can we best utilize what she has left to offer? - Andrea Lyons
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Healthcare. The rising costs of healthcare are out of control. This is a universal issue that cuts across every age group and every socio economic class and nationality. It will take a collective effort throughout our country to gain control of this ever growing problem.
The solution must afford all Americans equal access to healthcare coverage. -
Anthony Gemma
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With the world facing critical decisions on energy usage going into the very near future, it’s imperative that entrepreneurs begin to strategize, innovate and find a solution to the inevitable crunch we’ve just begun to feel. From building walkable, sustainable communities to determining new and cleaner ways to power everything from our computers to our cars, we must stop dancing around the issue that will define this generation and could very well determine our economy and quality of life going forward. -
Buff Chace
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