According to the Strauss-Howe generational theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strauss-Howe_generational_theor...), Millenials are a Hero generation. We grew up in an "increasingly protected post-Awakening" era of parental coddling and are now coming of age during a "team-oriented young optimists during a Crisis". The crisis is here and it is severely draining on our generation as a whole. But we are not going to get beaten by it and the only way to combat it is with perseverance.

One of the best ways to shorten this particular recession is through innovation. As employment numbers have been dropping, companies have been evolving by consolidating the missing roles and generally becoming more efficient. We need to meet this increase in efficiency with a greater number of attempts at innovating today's status quo. That's one of the best benefits of Y Combinator.

It's going to take a lot of hard work but luckily grit is regarded as one of the best traits of successful people (http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/what-is-success-tr...). While it's true we have one of the toughest outlooks in recent memory, that just means we have that many more possibilities to improve upon. There is so much talent out there right now that is not being properly utilized that it could supply a couple of entirely new industries. Innovation will get us there but not after we stumble a couple of times on the way up.

It's time for us to get together, use our collaborative abilities and solve the world's growing areas of concern of today for everyone tomorrow.

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