Time for Change... Taking a Page from Entrepreneurs

Today marked one of the most important days in our history with the inguration of our 44th president, Barack Obama Regardless of your political interests, our country is in dire need of change and some fresh ideas. Looking at the current administration, I can't help but compare our president to a modern day entrepreneur and it is only fair given  a post several months ago about Obama and his start-up-like campaign.

In the past 10 years or so, I have had the incredible opportunity to work with a number of entrepreneurs and start-up companies. What is fascinating is the amount of work that actually gets done in the smaller companies and the joy that comes with a highly productive "burn the midnight oil" kind of culture. We celebrate, work hard, take risks and keep an optimistic spirit in everything we do.

Doing more with less is somewhat of a mantra for the state of business today. The same is true with the state of our nation. It is time for new and fresh ideas from those who come with a new perspective. And if the administration has any question on how to execute with limited resources, I am sure that the large number of entrepreneurs would welcome your call (I, for one, am ready for my duty).

As we heard several times this evening, it is now up to all of us to drive the change that we so desire.
And with that, a few of us have started a database of ideas to share with the new administration. Join us and add your ideas to the  Businesses for Change database.