Lessons from the Lawbreakers - what entrepreneurs can learn from the mob

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by rmah • 15 years ago

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plesn• 15 years ago

There is a gray scale of "entrepreneurs" and "companies" based on the means they use to gain power and influence, so this is rather natural,just as people already read Machiavel or Sun Tzu before. Law, customs, means of legitimation (media) and force are fuzzy and moving barriers.

But one should not forget that this is only one aspect, one dimension, the "power and influence" one. Companies are structures for making things together with others : people spend much time there so we should also seek other aspects within them. E.g more "horizontal" and "democratic" structures preventing mafiaesque hierarchies can also bring fullfillment to much more employees : this is especially important in companies employing well-educated and smart people like programmers at the lowest positions.

sethg• 15 years ago

Are there also books on what entrepreneurs can learn from homemakers who keep their families on a budget, raise well-behaved, happy, and productive children, and stay married for decades?

pavel_lishin• 15 years ago

Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneur's Soul?

Lessons from the Lawbreakers - what entrepreneurs can learn from the mob

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