I’m as passionate about social issues and politics as I am entrepreneurship. What about you– are you socially driven?
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Same here. I love politics and would very much like to run for congress or for office at some point later in life. I am quite young to do it yet, but still am beginning to participate at a political party. Although I do recognize that would be much easier if I achieve some success as an entrepreneur. So I'm going for the whole package.
One more thing: In a way, I feel both careers (politics and entrepreneurship) are great paths to change the world. I see a lot of injustice and mediocrity in the way many companies are run, and I would very much like to grow mine in order to be able to adopt some policies that differ from what most people do at their companies, and see how they work out.
I'm not even passionate about entrepreneurship. I just like tech. If someone would be my patron, I could tinker with tech (hardware and software) all day and night. I have the most un-balanced life, and I don't care.
It's time for a new party in the US -- one without the baggage of the green party and without the corruption of the other two. Big government is ripe for disruption, my fellow entrepreneurs.
It would be very hard. The way your whole political system is created, it favours bipartisanship in a way which would make it very complicated to actually give a third party a chance (unless you do some Tea Party kind of hack). The ideal would be to start by taking over a couple of big congressional districts, so as to start having an active presence in congress, and maybe in state legislatures.
But the truth is, Silicon Valley doesn't seem up to the challenge. While its full of bright (and well founded) people, the way most entrepreneurs talk, and act, makes it hard for them to relate to the average citizen. Being a politician involves communicating with people in a way most folks in the industry simply can't, you must be more humble, more down to earth, to care about their problems (or at least to seem like you do). What I mean is, elitists usually don't make it in politics, unless they are backed up by a big party structure.
I'm actually in the early stages of putting together a start-up that addresses American political and social issues! I'm looking for a co-founder, so If anyone here is interested in getting involved, you can email me at lettersnumbersandperiods [at] gmail.