The impact you can achieve with your idea is the real reason for working

Why your business model is not just about earning money!

Consider the demands of new generations

What is your impact? Source: Pexels
Twitter-Feed Elon Musk, Source: Twitter

If you only look at the turnover of a company and take, for example, Uber with an estimated 12 billion euros in 2019 and compare this to the tax revenues of the Federal Republic of Germany (about 800 billion euros), you would only need to change one percent to save as much money as, for example, the entire turnover of Uber.

The increasingly strong drive of many people, especially young people, is to want to make an impact with their work. A job is no longer just about bringing home money; people also want to achieve something and, in the best case, do something good for society.

Share your knowledge

A similar idea of making knowledge available to others free of charge is pursued above all by the open-source community. Especially in the area of digital solutions, there is a free offer on the Internet for almost everything. You should always keep in mind that you are most likely not the first person to think about this or that problem and search for something.

Public Money Public Code, Source: publiccode.eu

Engage for society

1% Pledge, Source: PledgeOnePercent.org
Steve Wozniak (Source: Tech Central)

“I would develop my talents and try to get as good as I could to figure out how I can build these things so they’re affordable.”

This quote comes from Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, and was recorded during an interview at the 2018 WeAreDevelopers World Congress. He complains that many companies in today’s world only pursue the goal of increasing profit and less the goal of creating things that truly support people and are affordable at the same time. He refers again to the impact that a company can have on society and that this should be more than pure profit orientation.

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Jan Wokittel

✦ Helping Visioneers to shape the digitized future and bring their ideas to life. As an engineer and entrepreneur I would like to inspire and generate sparks. ✦