BB40 - Billionaire By Forty

13/12/2017

What are the foundations of the free-market economy? They are private property, rule of law, free association - that is, the right for people to join together to do something for which they're competent, to take care of themselves and meet the needs of others. That's what business is. And from that, free exchange. The ability to trade, freely, without some government bureaucrat telling you that you can't do it. And the other thing that's extremely important; the fourth thing: is a culture of trust. A culture that respects other people. A culture where work is dignified.

06/08/2017

BB40 Success Definitions

24/05/2017

When taxes are too high, business regulations too onerous, and private property rights inaccessible for many, businesses that would otherwise enter the formal economy cannot

04/05/2017

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is a habit not an act."

Aristotle

21/02/2017

07/09/2016

"What we need is to create capability in the citizens of this continent, to become creators of wealth, creators of enterprise ... we should create partnerships so that they can access markets, they can access networks, they can practice entrepreneurship as successfully as it has happened in other markets."
- Eva Muraya, Entrepreneur, Kenya

07/09/2016

"Religious and political leaders often talk about how poor people are dominated by markets, and how we need to protect the poor in the developing world from the crushing effects of globalization. The reality is that the poor aren’t dominated by markets. They’re excluded from them."

07/09/2016

"The Cheetah Generation is the new and angry generation of Africans who can see that their leadership has failed them ... They're not going to sit there and wait for governments to come and do things for them. As a matter of fact, they're not going to sit there and beg for foreign aid, because they can see that every social need in Africa is a business opportunity. The Cheetah Generation is entrepreneurial." - George Ayittey Economist (Ghana)

07/09/2016

"What causes wealth is the creation of institutions and a culture where entrepreneurs are able to rise up and create value, create jobs, and create businesses that meet the needs and wants of others. And that's what markets are. They're networks of human relationships. Where people get together and solve problems closest to them, so that they can create prosperity that allows them to live lives of dignity." - Michael Matheson Miller

23/06/2016

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." — Thomas Edison