Entrepreneurship Week is here. I look at this week with mixed emotions.
While I am pleased at the attention it draws to entrepreneurs in our economy, it saddens me that we relegate entrepreneurs to merely one week. After all, entrepreneurship is now 50% of the economy.
Having only our own week puts entrepreneurship right there in the mix with National Fresh Squeezed Juice Week, National Pancake Week, National Cleaning Week, National Condom Week (I am not making these up…), National Fig Week, National Backyard Games Week, and National Chestnut Week.
Why not give us a whole month? That would at least put us up there with National Hot Tea Month, National Bird Feeding Month, National Umbrella Month, National Kite Month, National Sweet Vidalia Month, National Bikini Month, National Horseradish Month, and last but not least, National Pomegranate Month.
Any way….Happy Entrepreneurship Week!
Dr Jeff Cornwall
Co-founder of The Entrepreneurial Mind, serial entrepreneur and professor of entrepreneurship.
Don’t feel bad…Christmas only gets one day a year, but on the bright side it also has a three month season of celebration. We entrpreneurs may only be relegated to one designated week, but we have a 12 month season of celebration.
Thanks for the laugh!
Maybe less attention is better. Someone might try to find a new way to tax it!
I think it is important that a Week exists to celebrate the spirit of entrepreneurship. Global Entrepreneurship Week is doing a great job of creating a global week focused on entrepreneurship and youth! This Week forces attention to concept of entrepreneurship and increases awareness. I think its great to get people paying attention.