Comments on: Why is Gen X so Entrepreneurial? Dysfunction. http://www.newcommbiz.com/why-is-gen-x-so-entrepreneurial-dysfunction/ Social Media Strategy and the Future of Business Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: german_shepherd_breeders http://www.newcommbiz.com/why-is-gen-x-so-entrepreneurial-dysfunction/comment-page-1/#comment-30192 german_shepherd_breeders Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:05:00 +0000 http://www.newcommbiz.com/?p=1806#comment-30192 This is so interested! Where can I find more like this? This is so interested! Where can I find more like this?

]]> By: New Comm Biz » Gen X [meme]: Slackers, Sellouts or Saviors http://www.newcommbiz.com/why-is-gen-x-so-entrepreneurial-dysfunction/comment-page-1/#comment-27953 New Comm Biz » Gen X [meme]: Slackers, Sellouts or Saviors Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:00:40 +0000 http://www.newcommbiz.com/?p=1806#comment-27953 [...] Maddie Grant from SocialFish has started I meme asking if GenX has sold out. I can’t help but jump in here. Being a proud Gen Xer I’ve said a few things about my generation and our contribution to society. [...] [...] Maddie Grant from SocialFish has started I meme asking if GenX has sold out. I can’t help but jump in here. Being a proud Gen Xer I’ve said a few things about my generation and our contribution to society. [...]

]]> By: ztoryteller http://www.newcommbiz.com/why-is-gen-x-so-entrepreneurial-dysfunction/comment-page-1/#comment-27930 ztoryteller Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:23:39 +0000 http://www.newcommbiz.com/?p=1806#comment-27930 Interesting post. I have two Gen X daughters (33, 31) and two Gen Y. (24, 21) There's entrepreneurial drive in my younger GenXer... but I'd say all of them are adventuresome yet more interested in people stuff than business. Farming. Gardening. Travel. Does this mean we had a functional home? Don't you dare ask them!<br><br>But I was definitely a latch-key kid from about 2nd grade on. A bunch of memories just came flooding back: At 8 to 10, I spent hours every day having dirt clod wars and building stuff with scrap lumber as I played without supervision in literally dozens of home construction sites behind our house. At 12 I rode the bus downtown and introduced myself to the mayor of Columbus (a great experience - he spent an hour with me). At 15 I climbed a barb-wire fence to shoot a photo essay at an abandoned baseball park ... and got chased by 2 snarling German Shepherds. (Think "sic balls" from "Stand by Me"!) At 16 I got excused from classes for most of a month while I drove around the state shooting fish kills, air pollution, garbage dumps and strip mining for a self-produced slide show for the first Earth Day. So now that I think about it, I believe you are right: a dysfunctional childhood does correlate with the entrepreneurial itch! Interesting post. I have two Gen X daughters (33, 31) and two Gen Y. (24, 21) There's entrepreneurial drive in my younger GenXer… but I'd say all of them are adventuresome yet more interested in people stuff than business. Farming. Gardening. Travel. Does this mean we had a functional home? Don't you dare ask them!

But I was definitely a latch-key kid from about 2nd grade on. A bunch of memories just came flooding back: At 8 to 10, I spent hours every day having dirt clod wars and building stuff with scrap lumber as I played without supervision in literally dozens of home construction sites behind our house. At 12 I rode the bus downtown and introduced myself to the mayor of Columbus (a great experience – he spent an hour with me). At 15 I climbed a barb-wire fence to shoot a photo essay at an abandoned baseball park … and got chased by 2 snarling German Shepherds. (Think “sic balls” from “Stand by Me”!) At 16 I got excused from classes for most of a month while I drove around the state shooting fish kills, air pollution, garbage dumps and strip mining for a self-produced slide show for the first Earth Day. So now that I think about it, I believe you are right: a dysfunctional childhood does correlate with the entrepreneurial itch!

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