I often get asked by students about how to be an entrepreneur or what courses to take to get into startup life.   I won’t dip my toe into the murky pool that is our education system and its shortcomings in educating of the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Students today are graduating into an environment where jobs are scarce. This advice delivered yesterday by President Obama in his commencement speech at Arizona State University was worthwhile advice for any student of life.

I particularly enjoyed his focus on service to society and the role of entrepreneurs to improve the lives of those around them through innovation.

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Part 2

Part 3

The full text of his speech can be found here.

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On Thu 14 May 2009.