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The Dangerous Myth of the Hero Entrepreneur (project-syndicate.org)
6 points by pieceofpeace on Nov 23, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



"In an economy such as the United States, where start-ups are revered, people who would make perfectly good project supervisors or salespeople establish their own companies, starving the ecosystem of middle managers."

That's just what America needs -- more middle management.


Related:

Malcolm Gladwell, Annals of Business, "The Sure Thing," The New Yorker, January 18, 2010, p. 24 http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/01/18/100118fa_fact_...

Paywall. Apologies.




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