Thursday, July 16, 2009

He shoots!!! He Scores!!!

Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky: “I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been.”

Gretzky also said, “ You'll always miss 100% of the shots you don't take.”

In this new business millennium, innovative startup companies are critical to the success of all local, national and global economies.

There will be more bull markets.

History tells us that.

History also tells us that the time to build and invest in businesses is most opportune when the economy has reached a so called low point.

The only question is will you be riding the bull wave up when it comes, or just looking at it pass by.

Steve Young, former San Francisco 49er's star quarterback, now managing director of the private equity firm Huntsman Gay Global Capital once said that after he threw an interception, he would show accountability for his mistake to his teammates, then rally his troops to go win.

“The hard part is now, we’re going to go fix it. I screwed it up but now lets go to the sidelines , we’ll get a drink of water, we’ll rest up and we’ll go down and win the game, what do you say? And I’m going to lead you to do it…All this accountability came rushing in to this group of people because the guy that screwed it up was ultimately accountable,” remarks Young said from Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner.

Let’s go win the game!!

Let’s keep playing to win!, lets raise that new round of capital!, lets keep networking and helping each other!

Let’s hold ourselves accountable so we can help each other succeed!

Entrepreneurs are the future.

Let’s keep moving higher.

"I know we all want the U.S. to continue to be the world's center for innovation. But our position is at risk. There are many reasons for this but two stand out. First, U.S. companies face a severe shortfall of scientists and engineers with expertise to develop the next generation of breakthroughs. Second, we don't invest enough as a nation in the basic research needed to drive long-term innovation.

“If we don't reverse these trends, our competitive advantage will erode. Our ability to create new high-paying jobs will suffer,” remarks by Microsoft Founder Bill Gates before the committee on Science and Technology, March 12, 2008.

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