This afternoon I will participate in the second board meeting of the newly reinvigorated Danish Entrepreneur Association. My law firm is one of the founding sponsors. Being an entrepreneur in Denmark is in many ways a paradoxical undertaking. On one side the Danish welfare system puts a nice big and safe cushion around the entrepreneur should he fail. On the other side the tax system leaves little financial incentive to break out of the wage earner / employee circle. By the end of the day most Danish entrepreneurs – like entrepreneurs of other nationalities – are often driven by other more soft incentives than prospects of financial gain. Thomas Madsen-Mygdal will tell you more about the social entrepreneur. The primus motor behind the Danish Entrepreneur Association is Nicolai Seest – a First Tuesday Copenhagen alumni.