99% of LinkedIn users are subordinates of some variety. Slaving comfortably away and periodically measuring their peckers in the pecking order. It’s become increasingly difficult to find independent individuals to partner up with for business ventures.

Perhaps the problem lies partly in our education system that does not encourage small scale entrepreneurship. The “entrepreneurship” courses offered in universities have not changed in the past 20 years. Instead of teaching how to set up and run a business with 10-50 employees, we are taught how to raise venture capital and pitch billion dollar ideas. Even though it pays the bills (mine included), our society (pick country of your choice) could always benefit from the creation of small businesses.

Just like every country should have an award ceremony for their top ten tax payers, overcoming the daunting challenge of starting a company should be held in better regard. It seems obvious politicians should ponder how to entice the brightest young minds to become local employers instead of employees overseas.

I’m used to hear discussions about how lucrative it is to be unemployed and live off government subsidies, but maybe it has become too lucrative to be employed? The current political campaign on the street is pushing for indexation of salaries and pensions. That’s great for the majority of people and will surely gather a lot of votes. But it disincentivizes small business ownership.

As a small business owner myself, I putting off hiring any additional staff as long as I can. Why? Even though I don’t mind paying a salary, a commission and a bonus, I’m too greedy to fork out 40% extra to cover all the extra costs and then sitting in the unfavorable position in the contractual employer-employee relationship.

The common pursuit of financial freedom is great for the economy. I just wish we could steer it towards smaller businesses. Imagine if top university graduates would be excited about starting their own companies. The less skilled and less ambitious ones could apply for jobs. It seems ridiculous but yet logical, right?

A lot of good employees would be great employers as well. The comfort and safety of a monthly paycheck can lead to complacency and unhappiness. Maybe you don’t have to wait until your retirement to put in the out-of-office message reserved for the 1%-ers: “I Answer To Nobody”?

Until then, hurry up and get back to pretending to work, your boss is not paying you to read this propaganda.

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