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Agreed. If Jeff Bezos started over in a non-tech industry, with no money or previous connections, is the author arguing that his chances at being successful in
by hash872 4y ago
Agreed. If Jeff Bezos started over in a non-tech industry, with no money or previous connections, is the author arguing that his chances at being successful in say a garden supply or waste management company the same as any other person? That seems absurd.
If entrepreneurs have no useful advice then there's no right or wrong way to structure or run a company, it's all random and any method will do. Just generalizing from other fields of study we know this isn't true anywhere else, so why would it be true for running a business?
- notahacker 4y agoIf Jeff Bezos started off in a garden supply or waste management company then his chances of being successful would be well above average, but his chances of being successful enough for anyone in HN to care about what he had to say would be the same zero as anyone else looking to operate in those industries. What he had to say about would probably be quite different too...
- scarface74 4y agoOr if Elon Musk tried to buy a social media company it would be successful?
- berniedurfee 4y agoIt doesn’t appear that success is his necessarily his primary goal with Twitter.