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Through Entrepreneurship

Through Entrepreneurship

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Through Entrepreneurship is a podcast exploring how entrepreneurship – when supported by the right ecosystems – can drive economic growth, solve complex societal challenges, and foster a more equitable future.


Each episode goes beyond the myth of the lone entrepreneur to uncover the real systems that make innovation possible. From student debt and healthcare barriers to the transformative power of local businesses and public-private partnerships, the show examines the forces that shape who gets to succeed and who gets left behind.


Grounded in research and stories from entrepreneurs, policymakers, investors, and community leaders, Through Entrepreneurship highlights the power of new and growing businesses as engines of job creation and community resilience.


Every conversation ends with actionable insights for all stakeholders: entrepreneurs, educators, policymakers, investors, and citizens alike – because building a more supportive entrepreneurial environment is a collective endeavor.

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  • 013: How Age-Proofing Your Career Unlocks the Next Economic Boom
    2025/11/10

    The "Great Age Shift" is not a burden but the biggest untapped economic opportunity: the longevity dividend. Unlocking this $26 trillion-plus potential relies on supporting experienced older founders, the encore entrepreneurs, who are statistically more successful and perfectly positioned to innovate for this growing market.

    Key Concepts & Discussion Points

    • Longevity Economy Scale: The U.S. 65+ population is projected to reach 82 million by 2050. The global 60+ group jumps from 1 billion in 2020 to 1.4 billion by 2030.
    • Economic Power: The U.S. 50+ segment contributed $8.3 trillion (40% of U.S. GDP) in 2018, projected to hit $26.8 trillion by 2050.
    • Aha! Moment: The average age of founders for the fastest-growing U.S. startups (top 0.1%) was 45. A 50-year-old founder is about twice as likely to achieve a major successful exit compared to a 30-year-old.
    • Encore Edge: Success is driven by deep industry experience, established networks, greater financial stability for bootstrapping, and practiced managerial skills.
    • Motivation: The primary motivation is personal fulfillment, finding purpose in a "second act," and a strong desire for social impact.
    • Age Tech Market: Innovation is critical across healthcare (telemedicine, digital therapeutics), elder care (caregiver solutions, fall prevention sensors), and combating isolation (learning communities like Get Setup).
    • Barriers: The main hurdles are pervasive investor age bias in funding and the need for tailored support to address perception/reality of digital skills gaps.

    Actionable Recommendations

    For Policymakers & Government Leaders:

    • Remove Disincentives: Adjust pension/Social Security rules that penalize continued contributions.
    • Expand Support: Expand tailored digital skills programs and foster intergenerational teams.

    For Entrepreneurs & Innovators:

    • Leverage Experience: Use domain expertise as the "unfair advantage".
    • Embrace Tools: Utilize low-code/no-code and AI tools to bypass pure coding skill barriers.
    • Target Growth: Focus on the specific needs of the fast-growing 80+ segment.

    For the Ecosystem (Investors, Educators, Community Leaders):

    • Challenge Bias: Actively challenge age bias, as the data proves older founders' higher success rate.
    • Support Caution: Support "rational caution" and the focus on steady profitability.
    • Celebrate Role Models: Highlight encore success stories (e.g., Ray Kroc, Colonel Sanders, Dave Duffield).

    The Big Takeaway

    Embracing senior entrepreneurship is an economic necessity that transforms aging from decline to a new stage of creativity and contribution. Harnessing this longevity dividend through institutional support secures a more sustainable economic future.

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    32 分
  • 012: Why Entrepreneurship is the New Literacy
    2025/11/03

    This episode analyzes the profound mismatch between a 20th-century education system and today's 21st-century global marketplace. We lay out a data-driven blueprint for integrating an entrepreneurial mindset into core education, a strategic imperative to close the skills gap and cultivate the creative, adaptable talent the market desperately needs.

    Key Concepts & Discussion Points

    • The Alarming Economic Risk: A projected talent shortage and skills gap in the U.S. alone could lead to an economic loss of about $8.5 trillion by 2030.
    • Youth Interest is High: 41% of U.S. teenagers are already actively considering starting their own business.
    • Dual Market Disruption: The workforce is being reshaped by the accelerating force of automation/AI and the growth of the gig economy.
    • The Skills of the Future: Demand is rising for uniquely human traits like creative thinking, resilience, and lifelong learning.
    • Intrapreneurship is Essential: Corporate leaders expect all employees to act like owners, taking initiative and spotting ways to create value.
    • Education's Mismatch: Current systems—based on standardization and rote learning—suppress the agility the market demands, contributing to a documented "creativity crisis".
    • The Payoff (Job Multiplier Effect): Over half of young entrepreneurs who started businesses had hired at least one other person within just a few years.
    • The Biggest Obstacle: The testing paradox crowds out time for experiential, entrepreneurial projects that build critical skills.

    Actionable Recommendations

    For Policymakers & Government Leaders:

    • Change Accountability Metrics: Count achievements like earning industry-recognized certifications (e.g., Certiport ESB) toward a school's official performance rating and funding formula.
    • Leverage Existing Funding: Channel existing federal funding streams, especially Perkins V funds, toward building maker spaces and funding teacher training.
    • Mandate Teacher Training: Legally require teacher preparation programs to include comprehensive, mandatory training in project-based learning and financial literacy.

    For Entrepreneurs & Innovators:

    • Provide Mentorship: Offer real project opportunities and mentorship to help bridge the gap between classroom theory and career reality.
    • Focus on Ethical Design: Integrate ethical reasoning and empathy to design and deploy technologies and businesses responsibly.

    For the Ecosystem (Investors, Educators, Community Leaders):

    • Implement Portfolio Assessment: Scale portfolio-based assessment (prototypes, pitch deck grading) to measure strategic thinking and learning from mistakes.
    • Adopt Project-Based Learning (PBL): Implement PBL models that force students to tackle complex, real-world problems (e.g., running an on-campus café).
    • Support Physical & Digital Tools: Invest in maker spaces and simulation games to allow students to fail quickly and safely.

    The Big Takeaway

    Getting the next generation ready to thrive means shifting entrepreneurship from a niche topic to a core competence woven into the educational fabric for every student. By 2030, we must ensure that the word "entrepreneurial" is synonymous with "educated" to secure a competitive and resilient future workforce.

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    41 分
  • 011: The Dual Bottom Line: Scaling Impact through Social Entrepreneurship
    2025/10/27

    This episode explores social entrepreneurship, an innovative space merging entrepreneurial drive with a mission to solve major social problems. These ventures use market strategies to achieve a dual bottom line of financial profit and measurable social impact. The challenge is rapidly scaling these proven models while protecting their core mission against market pressure.

    Key Concepts & Discussion Points

    • The Dual Bottom Line: Profit is the means (or fuel) to sustain and grow the mission, not the end goal itself.
    • Facets: Successful social enterprises feature mission, innovation, financial sustainability (earned revenue), measurable impact, and systemic scalability.
    • Roots: The movement was defined by Grameen Bank's microfinance (1976) and Bill Drayton's Ashoka (1980s). B-Corp certification (2006) is a key metric of mainstreaming.
    • Distinctions: Unlike traditional business (profit primary) or nonprofits (donation-reliant), social enterprises commit structurally to a primary social mission and aim for self-sufficiency via earned revenue.
    • The Missing Middle: Many high-potential ventures are too revenue-generating for grants but not profitable/fast enough for traditional VC, creating a funding gap.
    • Impact Capital: The market is valued at $1.57 trillion globally, dedicated to investments seeking both financial return and positive social impact.
    • Most Compelling Statistic: The recidivism rate for employees hired through Greyston Bakery's "open hiring" model is around 6.3%, dramatically lower than the national average hovering in the 40s.

    Actionable Recommendations

    For Policymakers & Government Leaders:

    • Implement social procurement guidelines favoring enterprises that deliver measurable social value.
    • Implement impact investment tax credits to incentivize investment in certified social enterprises.
    • Codify the dual mission by continuing to pass benefit corporation legislation.

    For Entrepreneurs & Innovators:

    • Embed the social mission structurally into your business model; don't treat it as an add-on (like CSR).
    • Aim for financial self-sufficiency through earned income to allow for more reliable scaling.
    • Protect the core mission structurally via benefit corporation status or ownership models like the Patagonia trust.

    For the Ecosystem (Investors, Educators, Community Leaders):

    • Investors: Provide patient capital (like PRIs or MRIs) to bridge the missing middle, recognizing deep systemic change takes longer.
    • Educators: Continue building the talent pipeline by expanding university programs dedicated to social entrepreneurship.
    • Community Leaders: Anchor local institutions to worker-owned businesses through purchasing commitments to create stable demand and wealth-building jobs.

    The Big Takeaway

    The evidence gathered by Through Entrepreneurship shows that true, sustainable success comes from fundamentally integrating profit and purpose, delivering a holistic societal ROI that traditional models often cannot match. The goal is to accelerate the journey until the core principles of social entrepreneurship become the non-negotiable standard for all successful commerce.

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    32 分
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