Entrepreneurs make the world go ’round. It’s true. These bold, innovative trailblazers are the ones who lead society forward by leaps and bounds. People like Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell and Madam C.J. Walker are the type who seize upon an idea and put their all into it until they succeed or die trying. Not all of them succeed. For every Ford there are ten DeLorians; men whose vision became a reality but did not yield a profit. The challenge for the savvy investor is to discern the money making ideas from the money pits!
Today we find ourselves at a crossroads in history. The industrial revolution has come and gone, the dot com bubble has burst and now we find ourselves in a world in search of new paradigm. The masses want effective technological innovations, but they do not want them to pollute and destroy our beautiful blue planet. They are calling for a ‘Green Revolution’.
The innovative entrepreneurs who are the arbiters of this revolution seek to create products and practices with a noble purpose that are both profitable and in harmony with nature. They seek to create products and processes that capture and utilize the power of the sunlight, wind and waves. They recycle waste and turn it into products to satisfy the everyday needs of the masses; cars that run on electricity, hydrogen or used cooking oil. They design and build houses that transform the base elements into power for living comfortably and create methods to make sea water palatable and comestible and grow food without soil. These bold dreamers imagine a world run by technology that does no damage to the environment, and then they build it.
How can we help support and profit from these bold visions? We must search out the upcoming IPOs and unite our finances with their dreams. Yes, entrepreneurs make the world go ’round, but investors pay for the trip!
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