Last weekend, I attended an international conference of new technologies and deregulated energy entrepreneurs.
Okay, I didn't exactly go to Paris, but Charlotte, NC is pretty convenient for such a cool opportunity.
So why would an attorney go to such an event? Well, attorneys have felt the recession like everyone else. In fact, while there I met or heard surgeons, other attorneys, corp execs, even a guy who ran a honkingly large division of Virgin Records.
What did I come away with?
A big dose of insight into how to create value for consumers, for one.
Loads of stimulation of ideas as I listened to people who had started companies and businesses in the US, Canada, and Europe.
Shoot! Even the Donald was there, and his appreciation for the smaller entrepreneur was gratifying.
THE SMALLER ENTREPRENEUR!!! Shoot, that may have been the biggest thing I got from the three days of this conference.
In a microchip world, the smaller entrpreneur can now - regularly does - achieve financial results that thirty years ago required boatloads of financing and a big physical footprint.
Begrudgingly, the President even gets a little credit.
Yes, hard to believe, isn't it? I am giving credit to the President.
He has been pushing the States to deregulate electricity and natural gas marketing by a 2015 target date.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet both see this as the next big thing.
A huge number of the attendees at this conference were already achieving some great value creation in the US, Canada and Western Europe in that economic segment alone.
And yes, I went to the conference already committed to that concept.
What is so amazing is that the ability to enter and participate in that business, even across state, provincial or national borders is great for almost anyone.
No joke.
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