Individually in one thing. But usually people care about the aggregate: "How can our city/region/country have moar entrepreneurs?"

Just like America today has a STEM deficit because being good at math or science isn't as cool as it was back in the send-a-man-to-moon 60s, some places have an entrepreneur deficit because starting a company isn't a positive social signifier.

Although government programs aren't always a total waste, I suspect the main point of leverage is a critical mass of "rock star" examples that people want to be like.