With the markets falling today, just as a fun comparison I decided to take a look at the Dow Jones Industrial Average and compare it to my RSS feed.  Everyone is all panicked that the markets are coming to a crash, but in reality whenever one market begins to collapse, another one opens up.

Meaning, I think the days of the big corps are numbered.  The age of the Entrepreneur is swiftly coming.  Small, agile companies with a responsible and sustainable “Give first, Get later” business plan such as most Blogs are going to thrive in this kind of market.

People are fedup with all the giant corporations out there.  Big, well funded corporations with billions of dollars in market cap are more risky than small tiny companies ran by Entrepreneurial minded individuals.  I think that’s awesome.

Don’t believe me?  Let me ask you this.  Given the track record over the last 12 months, would you rather invest your money and energy into this:

or this:

Now, as I’ve explained before, the stats from October 2007 to about June 2008 don’t take into account my AWeber email subscribers because I didn’t have Feedburner and AWeber talking to each other until then, so that is why you all of a sudden see such a big jump in June 2008.  In reality if you draw a line from the top of where the counter was in June 2008 (about 1,200) down to October 2007 (Started with 0), you’ll probably get a more accurate view of the growth of my RSS feed during that time.

Either way, I’ve grown from 0 to over 1,500 RSS subscribes in one year.  In that same time, the Dow has dropped by about what…30-40%?

Do you still think that working at the big, “stable”, corporation you work at is safe and leaving to work on your business is “risky”?

Go take a look at the stats for John Chow, or Tyler Cruz over the last 12 months.  How do they fare compared to the stock markets?

With these kinds of numbers, maybe we should start selling shares.

I know if John Chow was selling shares, I’d be way more likely to buy shares in his Blog than in some “BlueChip” company.

What do you guys think?