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Duncan Cary Palmer · 155w
Spot on, Jimmy. Apprenticeships and trade schools. But how do we encourage the inventors, the entrepreneurs? This way would certainly be better than pure academia, but the creatives need something e...
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Yes, I agree with you as far as that goes...

But (being one myself) I think a lot of inventors/creatives lack the skill sets necessary to bring their brilliant creations to market...

This conversation reminds me of one of the finest lecture series I've ever heard. If I recall correctly, Jay Stuart Snelson asserted in that series that it takes three personality types to birth a new and beneficial enterprise; the inventor/technologist to create it, the capitalist to fund it, and the entrepreneur to shepherd the whole process along and make it happen...

Rarely are all three elements found in the same individual. So, building on @nostrich 's Apprenticeship discussion, it seems to me that we need to develop "Enterprise Incubators" that nurture those three skill sets, make introductions, and connect the right individuals together to launch new and dynamic "blessing engines of creation" into society.😁
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Manbyt · 154w
Back in my day Universities were the incubator, but not anymore. I’ve been a maker most of my life, I like exploring alternative education models, part of me thinks the entrepreneur/inventor/explorer will always emerge. Only the most persistent will succeed regardless of external circumstances. ...