Comments on: A moving portrait of the spirit of the American entrepreneur https://www.joeytamer.com/a-moving-portrait-of-the-spirit-of-the-american-entrepreneur/ Mon, 18 Sep 2017 08:40:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: joey tamer https://www.joeytamer.com/a-moving-portrait-of-the-spirit-of-the-american-entrepreneur/#comment-34 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:15:56 +0000 http://www.joeytamer.com/blog/?p=667#comment-34 I agree that it is helpful for philanthropists to represent one or more substantive interests or causes, as this creates awareness in those that follow them. I’ve seen an encouraging movement among young entrepreneurs to create wealth for philanthropy from their sucessful ventures, and to put that wealth to use. The new technologies also make it easier for each of us to contribute a little or a lot to those changes we believe in.

]]> By: Marie https://www.joeytamer.com/a-moving-portrait-of-the-spirit-of-the-american-entrepreneur/#comment-33 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:02:29 +0000 http://www.joeytamer.com/blog/?p=667#comment-33 Paul Allen is very popular in the Seattle area. He expresses some of his philanthropy in tangible ways such as building museums and sports facilities. People can relate to that more than to the trend of focusing on distributing medical biological products.

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More of our modern era capitalists should try this approach. I read about Goldman Sachs paying only a 1% income tax this year and then fretting over how to (and how much) to ‘give back’ to the community. A PR person suggested in the article that they need to make a long term commitment to something. I think building a museum in an area of the country where they aren’t already appreciated, (as they are in New York), would be a great idea. The construction would employ people, too.

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