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Creating an entrepreneurial ecosystem is absolutely critical to a healthy and vigorous society and economy.<\/p>\n

Creating a “democratic” entrepreneurial ecosystem is even more critical to sustaining that health. A democratic entrepreneurial system is like all other democracies – inclusive and widespread – and vital to improving the baseline quality of life.<\/p>\n

As we’ve pointed out elsewhere, retailing is not just a fundamentally entrepreneurial business, it also offers up a platform for the birth and growth of other entrepreneurial businesses.<\/p>\n

Obviously, big retailers offer a change for companies to scale up faster, once they meet the performance criteria set by the retailers.<\/p>\n

The interesting thing is that small retailers offer an even more interesting growth opportunity since, as their own business grows, they grow their supply partners as well.<\/p>\n

Countless companies and brands have been launched on the back of the likes of Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Tesco, Marks & Spencer, and in India retailers such as Pantaloon’s and Spencer’s (and even some of the early modern retailers in India that don’t exist anymore).<\/p>\n

In view of this, it is wonderful to see 2-9 February 2008 being celebrated as Entrepreneurship Week (on the National Entrepreneurship Network’s website)<\/a> and also its powerfully worded pledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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