Since the rise of smartphones in 2009, suicide rates of girls between 10 and 14 years increased by 151%.
Horrifying facts like this one made the Netflix-documentary “The Social Dilemma” go viral in September 2020. It was a wake-up call for modern society, highlighting the detrimental effects of social media.
The main points of the documentary can be quickly summarized:
Entrepreneurs have become the rockstars of the 21st century.
Steve Jobs made innovation look easy. Mark Zuckerberg got his own Hollywood movie. And Elon Musk has lived up to his nickname “real-life Iron Man”.
At the same time, these tech-moguls have been misleading us - they made us believe that entrepreneurship goes hand in hand with innovation, fame, and attention.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Most business advice is useless.
After all, entrepreneurship can’t be taught. It’s learning by doing. But what’s the most minimal amount of theory every entrepreneur needs to know?
