Valrie Grant is an Entrepreneur, Managing Director of GeoTechVision and Chairperson of the Small Business Council
By now, we have established that entrepreneurship drives economic change and innovation and that entrepreneurs are crucial to building prosperous societies that deliver opportunity to all citizens.
Through their innovative offerings of new product and services, entrepreneurs reduce dependence on obsolete systems and technologies and thus contribute to improved quality of life and economic freedom. Creating widespread awareness of the importance of developing an entrepreneurial ecosystem is therefore a critical culture-change imperative. An important component in the creation of that vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem is the recognition that the business community, corporate executives and in general entrepreneurs need to support and contribute to the development of other entrepreneurs.
