8 The Future Is Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurship isn’t a career choice, it’s a passion and obsession.
—Steve Blank, father of modern entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is on the rise.
To understand this phenomenon, let’s start with a major societal shift: the recession of 2008. The financial crisis of 2007 and the resulting recession of 2008 dramatically changed the way we think about work. As the number of displaced executives grew, many abandoned traditional job searches to launch new businesses and consulting practices. By 2010, roughly 8.7 million jobs were lost, and independent contractors grew in numbers and popularity. According to a 2018 Forbes magazine article, nearly 57 million U.S. workers have joined ...
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