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Startup or Job? Maybe Neither First || Acharya Prashant, BITS Pilani, Dubai (2025)
Acharya Prashant
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9 months ago
Entrepreneurship
Work
Consumption
Value System
Education
Security
Life
Placement
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the challenge of motivating students toward entrepreneurship, arguing that the current educational and social systems are rooted in the wrong values. He observes that students often prioritize comfort, safety, luxury, and security because they have been conditioned to view consumption as the highest ideal of life. This conditioning often begins with parents and is reinforced by marketing and institutional placement cultures. He suggests that if entrepreneurship is pursued merely for financial gain or an 'exit strategy,' it becomes just another form of consumption rather than a meaningful way of living.