Nickname: ruurban

Review: Kudos to Businessweek Online Small Biz and to Stacy Perman in particular for her research and this article. I too am at a loss and can't see how one person's entrepreneurial aspirations and endeavors minimizes or denies another the opportunity in starting their own business. Five years ago this month, BusinessWeek published an article - Commentary: Minorities: An Almost-Invisible $1 Trillion Market. It provided an insight in the $1 trillion multicultural marketplace that most business are either ignoring on failing to tap into. That figure is estimated to exceed $2 trillion by 2010. This spending power is greater than some countries' GDP, if you think about it and provides a tremendous opportunity for anyone with entrepreneurial drive and insight. Reading the article above offers any smart enterprising person a terrific platform to start your own businesses catering to a $1 trillion marketplace. Think about it. I can provide a number of ideas but would have to charge for them :)

Date reviewed: Jun 21, 2006 10:11 AM

Nickname: BetterLife

Review: Whining about others taking jobs seems to be a national pastime for some. Getting out and finding a direction would be far more productive. As someone that is constantly looking for people seeking opportunity, I can tell you that the reactions are often depressing. If anyone is to blame for the malaise, I would look at our education system, a system that has full access to all young people, and does its utmost to promote job mentality, not entreprenurial efforts. This country was founded on small business, but schools teach only jobs! It is time to support the small business effort in this country, and demand that Congress support it instead of taxing it to death.

Date reviewed: Jun 15, 2006 5:57 PM

Nickname: E

Review: Mustang seems to have missed the point. The reason people of diverse backgrounds are choosing to become entrepreneurs is because they are sick of being out of work and not having control of their future. One cannot simply blame the government for this. I am an Asian female who is embarking on a business venture and am excited about the opportunity. It is my own iniative that is making my business happen, and I am not exactly sure how my place in the world as a future entrepreneur is causing an African American to not have a job. Whatever happened to working hard and having it pay off?

Date reviewed: Jun 14, 2006 6:02 PM

Nickname: Mustang

Review: Junky subjects like diversity do not make any sense. When the US government unloaded five million Vietnamese on US soil, it did not ask the public for its impact on American jobs. The immigration from Southeast Asian countries has been bad for the US economy. The government failed to provide employment to 40% of its black people, who still remain largely unemployed. The government dumped Chinese and Taiwanese in large numbers. They are showing their presence in places like Missisippi and Georgia. Similarly, it dumped a large number of Koreans on US soil, replacing black workers with Koreans. Now the US government talks about diversity as a result of uprooting millions of people due to its defective war policies. Frankly, the US government is very corrupt and it cannot be trusted.

Date reviewed: Jun 12, 2006 7:55 AM

Nickname: Hannibal

Review: This is a very good article. I myself am contemplating entreprepneurship because I know that I've got a lot to offer the business community in terms of high-tech services. I have completed my business plan and I am seeking venture capitalists for financing my plan. I would really appreciate reading other articles on this subject. Thanks.

Date reviewed: Jun 9, 2006 10:32 PM