Over the last 50 years businesses around the world have played the key role in the destruction of our environment and depletion of our natural resources.  The BP oil spill is only one of the many environmental catastrophes bad business is responsible for in recent history.

Looking at the destructive powers of business it is obvious business is powerful.  In fact, I think business is more powerful than government in many ways.  Businesses are quicker, nimbler, more effective and focused in everything they do.  Businesses hold power that no other organization can.

Despite businesses overwhelming capacity for destruction, business can and should be good.  The power of business is immense, and if used for good, business can solve many of our world’s problems.

I see fellow entrepreneurs in my generation and myself as a new breed of entrepreneur.

We all want to make money. We all want to live a good life. We all want security. We all want some kind of power of influence.

In this respect, we want the same things that all generations of entrepreneurs before us have wanted.  But we want something that no other generation has craved to the extent that we do.  We want to do good.

I believe all people are innately good, so why has it taken so long for responsible, sustainable, and good business practices to take root and flourish?  Because we realize we can’t wait any longer, because the bad effects of being bad have never been so obvious, and because technology and the Internet has made us all so much damn smarter.

Businesses can and should be good.  The power is there, it just needs to be used for the right thing.

After spending a few hours this weekend adding a header to Brianlinton.com I updated the about page with more personal information about my personal life and how I came to be who I am today.

It is a slightly long About Page now, but it will hopefully allow readers to approach my articles knowing more about me and my background.

If you have a few minutes, take a look!