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"He didn't have unique entrepreneurial DNA. He had some skills that were valuable, others that were deficient, and enough luck that the former outweighed the la
by josefresco 12y ago
"He didn't have unique entrepreneurial DNA. He had some skills that were valuable, others that were deficient, and enough luck that the former outweighed the latter."
Luck plays a part in every success story. However, I find it dubious at best to consider that luck is the main factor in Ellison's and Oracle's success.
- notacoward 12y agoI didn't say it was. I merely said he had enough luck for his strengths to outweigh his faults.
- res0nat0r 12y agoI find it actually pretty ironic that Larry is so derided here. It seems to come out more due to jealousy (also see: Google, Apple, Facebook, Craigslist now that also have lots of money) than anything else.
- notacoward 12y agoAttribution of motive in lieu of an argument? Really?
- res0nat0r 12y agoOracle is an expensive product that many companies happily pay for. Everyone here is just upset because they can't charge the same for their startup sass business.