Mark Cuban has a great post on Obama’s efforts to assemble a team to lead our country out of the current economic crisis that’s worth reading. Here are a couple of highlights:
- “Its great to see President Elect Obama aggressively taking on the economy prior to his taking office. Unfortunately, the economic advisory team that he has put together looks more like a semester’s worth of great guest speakers for an MBA class than an economic advisory team that can truly help him.”
- “Notice anything missing ?Not a single entrepreneur.”"There isn’t a single person advising PE Obama that we know of that knows that its like to start and run a business in this or any economic climate. That’s a huge problem.”
- “If we are going to solve our current economic problems, our President needs to get first hand information on the impact his proposed policies will have on real Joe the Plumbers.”
- “Entrepreneurs that start and run small businesses will be the propellant in this economy. PE Obama needs to have the counsel of those who will take the real risk inherent in creating companies and jobs. Those who put their money and lives on the line with their business.”
- “Entrepreneurs will lead us out of this mess. Talk to them.”
He has some great thoughts here (whether you agree or not with all of them) and I think as a pastor I have to think of the entrepreneurial types in our church communities- how can we assemble these people and leverage their gifts for the sake of the gospel? We are in a season that affords the Church to stand up and make a serious impact in more than their attendance records, but in the lives of thousands and thousands around the country. How can those with gifts like this think of new and creative, out-of-the-box ways of ministering to people around the country. I’m excited to see what God will do!
Warren Buffet is not an Entrepreneur?