Entrepreneurs: The New Celebrities

[wallflower]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511563185739376.html?mod=djemSB

[adamhowell]

"Trying to tap into the popular belief that entrepreneurs are somehow more authentic — and more innovative — than big corporations"

Haha, yeah, I wonder where that crazy belief comes from.

[Perceval → adamhowell]

It comes from two places:

1) Experience; and,

2) Joseph Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, in which he lays out the theory of creative destruction and entrepreneurs.

[trafficlight → adamhowell]

That's not a belief, that's a fact.

[mmt → trafficlight]

The innovation makes sense, but what does authenticity even mean, in this context?