India’s face is changing fast and the driving force behind it is its young generation. Rather than being content with a well paying job, many graduates are charting their own path and finding ways to fund their aspirations. And, these aspirations are getting more individualistic, passionate and defined.
Add to that, an appreciation of hard work has enabled the young generation to start their ventures instead of taking the old conventional route.
One fine example is the 33-year old tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg, who has revolutionized the way world communicates and also launched Internet.org to provide free basic mobile Internet service across the globe -- even in the poorest and most remote areas. Women aren’t behind when it comes to the entrepreneurial spirit. For instance, Yasmin Helal of Egypt, a former pro-basketball player and engineer, runs Educate-Me, an initiative in Cairo that works to provide education to underprivileged kids. There are many youngsters like Yasmin who are redefining the traditional definition of entrepreneurship by establishing businesses which work for social issues and at the same time are widely successful.
This spirit is steadily and quickly transforming the world. The fact that many youngsters are starting their own ventures has helped in changing the economy from being service based to business based.These youngsters are not just generating income for their own selves but also turning into big employers at a very early age. The gradual shift in the economy is apparent when you see older people being employed by young entrepreneurs. This growing number of young entrepreneurs has helped in generating more wealth, creating more employment and thus, contributing to a growing economy.
What’s interesting is that the entrepreneurial bug is catching them early on. Born between 1994 and 2010 -- a group that's comprised of high school students and younger, is poised to become the most entrepreneurial generation ever seen. Also considered "The internet generation", this is by far the most tech savvy, connected and self-educated group. While Gen Y is known for "side gigs" and having multiple careers, Gen Z is more focused on working for themselves. The world’s youngest entrepreneur, 15-year old Shubham Banerjee created Braigo- a Lego Braille printer that dramatically reduces the price of a printer from more than $2,000 to $350 for education, teaching and home-use purposes. This is just one example of many such entrepreneurs who are making incredible efforts to change the world at a very young age.
The young entrepreneurs are changing the world. Apart from providing employment and generating wealth, these young entrepreneurs are also bringing in unconventional ideas and technologies which are helping the world look at things differently. The fresh flow of ideas and the cutting edge technologies are becoming the driving forces among the young entrepreneurs. The system is slowly but surely catching up and is transforming itself to suit the needs of a fast changing world. So, the entrepreneurial spirit of youngsters is already changing the world.
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