“I Am An Entrepreneur” Photo Competition
Competition Winners > Fourth Quarter 2011
The SEVEN Fund is pleased to recognize our Fourth Quarter winner for the 2011 “I am an Entrepreneur” photography competition.
Phuc Quang Ngo
Vietnam
Phuc Quang Ngo contributed the winning photo. Mr. Quang Ngo says of the photo:
“Salt is one of the staple foods of human beings. There are few people that understand the difficulties of harvesting salt. To get pure salt particles to consumers, workers labor for many hours in the salt fields.”
Our jury says of the photo:
Off to work in the salt mines is a threadbare maxim to many, symbolizing hard, thankless work. This photo reminds us to be mindful that in a globalizing world, where forces collide onto the shore of small economies like a tsunami wave; that too many people still lead lives without aspirations and hope. Globalization is an amoral convergence of forces. It is up to each of us who have already benefited from the asymmetry to use these forces for good, to find ways to connect the poor into networks of industry, trade, and learning that upgrades and improves lives.
Entrepreneurs create products, services and jobs. They expand economies, improve people's lives, provide employment (high and rising wages) and bring about competition. A competitive environment, in turn, gives rise to efficiency, meritocracy and further innovations and entrepreneurial drive.
The potent combination of entrepreneurship and technological innovation can forge an environment that is conducive to further enterprise, involving even government policy in supporting entrepreneurship and innovation.
