Be the 1%
Jason Calacanis just published an excellent piece titled, Be the 1%: Chamath, Airbnb, Occupy Wall Street and the Choice Millennials Should Make, in which he argues that it’s more radical to create a company, sell it for a billion dollars and then be a force for social change, rather than protesting on the Brooklyn bridge.
He uses AirBnB, and their recent news, as an example:
The Airbnb kids created a billion-dollar business that has made it possible for anyone to stay on another person’s couch or in their guest house. They’ve royally screwed big corporations — the hotel chains — by democratizing travel while giving individuals the ability to make extra money.
Airbnb is a much more effective protest than shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge.
Airbnb is radical.
Sitting in a park waiting for RadioHead is not radical.
Selling your company for a billion dollars and having RadioHead play your birthday party, which is also a fundraiser for education? That’s radical!
I couldn’t agree more with Jason on this one.
A lot of people out there are whining about unemployment, taxes, politics or whatever and it drives me crazy.
8 years ago I picked up a book and started teaching myself HTML. Then CSS. Then PHP. Then Ruby. All on my own. No handouts, no free rides.
Today I turn down job offers just about every week on a quest to build my own billion dollar company.
Every day I choose to fight, and claw my way up to that 1%. Why? Because I can.. because I gave myself the tools I need to get there.
You can too. Anyone can.
Choose to be the 1%.
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