Optimism is everything
Amidst much discussion on outsourcing, Wisconsin native (and Netscape co-founder) Marc Andreessen writes about America's economic & cultural strengths:
more via John Robb.... Posted by James Zellmer at March 23, 2004 7:43 AM | Subscribe to this site via RSS:
- Higher education: -- we're the best in the world; students come from every other country on the planet to study in our colleges and universities.
- Entrepreneurialism throughout the system -- we continue to be the most entrepreneurial economy on the planet (more than China, more than India, certainly more than Japan, ... and way more than Europe).
- Risk-friendly culture (this is hugely important) - this is not true across all states - Wisconsin needs to encourage more risk taking - state subsidies are not the answer
- Culture that loves new things -- American obsession with the latest and greatest -- often made fun of but hugely valuable.
