Erika Jones, CFO, CCTAProfit First Professionals · Certified Fractional CFO and Profit First Professional

Entrepreneurs rule! Big business doesn't own everything after all! #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship

4 Aug 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, the speaker recalls a mentor’s advice to “just look around you,” emphasizing that entrepreneurs influence roughly 90‑95% of everyday life in a positive way. The speaker points out that virtually every object we interact with—such as the camera you’re watching—originates from entrepreneurial effort, and argues that without successful entrepreneurs, the structures and conveniences that support society would collapse.

I remember I had a mentor who said, just look around you, wherever you are. He's like, an entrepreneur is affecting 90 to 95% of your life in a positive way. I'm looking at a camera you're watching on screen, vice versa. It's all entrepreneurial things. This was created by an entrepreneur. It impacts so many elements of our lives, and without successful entrepreneurs, the structure around us can collapse.