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phantom power

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8. entrepreneurs are important, but so are a lot of other things

Reply to alcibiades_mystery (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 02:46 PM

Aug 2012

American economic discourse has become almost exactly as realistic as proposing that we could all be successful if we all just tried harder to become professional athletes or famous singers.

90% of business startups fail. And very few of that other 10% make anybody wealthy.

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We Are Not All Entrepreneurs [View all] phantom power Aug 2012 OP

Therein lies the problem - HughBeaumont Aug 2012 #1

It's not just janitors and waitresses in the "non-entrepreneur" class frazzled Aug 2012 #2

What's wrong with donuts? XemaSab Aug 2012 #12

Boy, you didn't understand my post frazzled Aug 2012 #13

I did get your post, but I went off on a tangent XemaSab Aug 2012 #15

if everyone was an 'entrepreneur' who would the entrepreneurs get to do the actual work? HiPointDem Aug 2012 #16

Excellent read and the comments were great, too. freshwest Aug 2012 #3

How true railsback Aug 2012 #4

It's difficult for many people to understand that a leader's success depends on those being lead. haele Aug 2012 #5

The "entrepreneur" fetish that's taken over this country over the last 30 years is laughable alcibiades_mystery Aug 2012 #6

Yep. nt bemildred Aug 2012 #7

entrepreneurs are important, but so are a lot of other things phantom power Aug 2012 #8

A lot of us don't want to be, either! reformist2 Aug 2012 #9

The comments were shockingly sane and truthful. hifiguy Aug 2012 #10

Yep. There'd be a lot of left/right agreement, if we could somehow call a truce on the culture wars. reformist2 Aug 2012 #14

Kick! nt hifiguy Aug 2012 #11