Whilst it's not often you could say a Hollywood celebrity might just be the positive spokesman for entrepreneurship to the modern generation, however it seems like Ashton Kutcher may have just pulled it off. He recently won a Teen Choice 2013 award and rather than roll into a list of “thank you”s he launched into a five-minute speech that took the audience and public by surprise. Talking of opportunity looking like a lot of hard work, smart being sexy and living a life you build his speech sounded a lot like the voice of many modern entrepreneurs.
He recently spent a long time studying for the role of Steve Jobs in Jobs and some might say that it rubbed off on him. Whether you take his speech as sincerity or a cynical marketing ploy to reach out to the audience of the movie, it's hard to fault his message to a celebrity-inspired generation that often seems to be lacking role-models with substance. I for one hope that he continues to share that vision, if even one young person takes it to heart and manages to break from a negative world view it will have been worth it.
Respect to Ashton Kutcher and the next generation of entrepreneurs and world changers!
Just changed my mind about Chris Kutcher. Wonderful speech! The youth of America needs to hear more talk like this daily!