It's been noted that entrepreneurs and criminals share a similar mindset. Both are risk takers, often with low basic skills who see obstacles as challenges and are able to reframe failure as an occupational hazard.
It seems that at a young age, we are looking at a homogenous group of outliers.
Some go one way and found businesses that create jobs, benefit the economy and often wider society; others go another way and become 'criminal captains of commerce', or foot-soldiers destined for a life in and out of institutions.
Supposing we could get more of these young people to go down the path of creating legitimate businesses. The kind of young people that are sometimes labelled 'disruptive' or 'difficult' are often the ones whose energies could be redirected more positively, if only we could help them to find their Millionaire Mind.
That's what this event is about.
The barriers to entry to the world of business have been busted. AI and social media mean that a young person now has access to the same expertise as a FTSE 100 company simply through the mobile device in their pocket.
In any case, evidence suggests that entrepreneurs succeed regardless of resources, so the ready availability of creativity, technical knowhow and connectedness make now an unprecedented time for aspiring young entrepreneurs.
Maybe all that they need is for people to recognise 'disruption' as energy and 'difficult' as directionless. They need people who can show the way, support and mentor. People who know how to recognise the millionaire mind and what to do with it.
Almost one million young people have been given the label 'NEET', not in education, employment or training. The 2026 Alan Milburn review of youth unemployment and the challenges facing NEETs, across 200 pages, made not a single mention of enterprise, entrepreneurship or of creating a start up culture that young people could engage with. It seems implausible that some of these people do not have an entrepreneurial mindset.
These are Millionaire Minds in waiting. This event will give the insights, tools and ideas to support them to find their Millionaire Mind.
