Helping People, Why I Chose Entrepreneurship
I had a heart-felt conversation with a special someone several months ago about why I chose entrepreneurship as the next path in my career. I know that being an entrepreneur means freedom on various levels, but being a successful entrepreneur also means being able to make significant differences in the name of humanity. I will always admire the Gates Foundation for such efforts and hope to proportionally accomplish the same.
I found out recently that I didn’t need to be a successful entrepreneur with my new startup to make a difference. I found a case while I was in Coimbatore, India of a six month old child who was born with a hole in his/her heart. I never met the child or the parents, but I can only imagine their distress to think that their infant would die prematurely because they could not afford the cost of heart surgery. The parents are field workers who likely won’t earn enough in the course of a year to cover the expenses of the operation or the resultant hospital care.
Needless to say, the child underwent heart surgery and is recovering well. They don’t know who I am nor will they ever meet me. This experience solidifies what I already knew about myself: I was put on Earth to help people.
I tell you this because I realize the importance of helping people in a more direct manner rather than through an intermediary organization like the United Way where significant administrative costs are incurred. And it feels good.
