We Need International Entrepreneurs Day

Last week, I received a tweet ( @jordanhgreen ) asking for my support for National Entrepreneur Day -- or NED for short.

I was awe-struck.

I was taken back.

I almost had a twitter-gasim.

Then I discovered, it was an American-led initiative.

What?

Aren't entrepreneurs everywhere?

Why is only the United States trying to create a day to celebrate the innovators that drive our world forward?

Okay, by now, you're probably asking yourself: "What is National Entrepreneur Day?"

According to their website at http://entrepreneursday.org/ :

We're a country made of entrepreneurs. Men and women who built something from nothing. Created jobs. Made America what it is today. Our present was built by them. Our future depends on them. Isn't it time we honor them?

National Entrepreneurs' Day celebrates the entrepreneurs who are the foundation of our country. House Resolution 401 aims to make the third Tuesday of every November National Entrepreneurs Day. Once the House passes the resolution, the Senate will have a chance to approve it so it makes an official U.S. Day.

That's right, it's a resolution in the American House of Representatives, to honor those that built the country.

This got me thinking, don't we need something that spans America's borders?

Sure, there are amazing entrepreneurs in the States -- like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and even Elon Musk.

But what of the United Kingdom's Richard Branson?

Or Canada's Frank Stronach?

Even Jack Fitzgerald's Ship 2 Anywhere, places him in a top entrepreneurial spot in Australia.

The point is, entrepreneurship isn't geographically limited to one country or another.

Without entrepreneurs all over the globe, nothing would have ever got done. Because entrepreneurs solve the problems we're all going through, wherever you are on Earth.

That's the short definition of being an entrepreneur -- exploring the pain points of a society, and then coming up with a clever way to solve them, and in turn offer that solution for a fair price.

Where would any of us be, without a world of entrepreneurs?

We'd probably all still be scribbling our thoughts on cave walls, chasing animals with spears, capturing our mates, and making love under the stars.

WAIT!

That last part doesn't sound all that bad.

Hmmm. . .

NO.

We're all better off thanks to the genius of human innovation, imagination, and inspiration. The hallmarks, of all the great entrepreneurs.

From the inventor of the modern telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, to Apple founder Steve Jobs that took the basic cell phone, and changed it -- and the world -- with his iPhone -- entrepreneurship beats being a caveman -- cavewoman -- caveperson -- or other -- hands down.

You could even be an entrepreneur!

You don't need to go to some posh sounding post-secondary school, and get an MBA. 

NO.

You just need to have an idea.

That's it.

Well, okay, you need to develop your idea, turn it into a product, or a service. Figure out a costing structure, revenue streams, customer channels, market research . . . 

Okay, there's more to it than just an idea.

But all great entrepreneurs, began, with just an idea.

National Entrepreneur Day -- great idea.

But like all entrepreneurs, I think I can do better.

How about INTERNATIONAL Entrepreneur Day?

Sure, it doesn't have a cool name, like NED, that reminds me of some geeky nerd from high school I once knew named Ned -- sorry Ned if you're reading this.

IED sounds more like some funky birth control device than a hip and trendy day to celebrate the greatest achievements of our time.

But names can be changed.

We'll work on it.

International Entrepreneur Day -- or whatever it may be so named -- think about it.

If you believe we need a day to celebrate entrepreneurship globally, please leave your comments below.