I'd say the CEO acts as the primary role model and the employees/company often reflect the attitude of the CEO. Think of the workplace stereotypes of amazon - customer focused, google - side projects, spacex - mission, uber/oracle - aholes, apple - design, microsoft - developers , facebook - hackers, etc.. the CEO sets the tone and if you agree with it you'd probably like working there :)
Ending the cult of the CEO
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpack grit and you're left with psychological traits which many normal people have.
So why don't many normal people successfully grow a business?
Because the risk calculation looks different when one has a bank account that can support one's family while working for free for a x% chance of a payout.
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There's nothing special about starting a company for sure, but successfully growing one takes a lot of grit.
Sure. But I'd want to see a world where headlines like "Entrepreneurs are just rich kids" cease to be, because that headline is only created when entrepreneurship is put on a pedestal and is seen as something that is inherently superior to everything else. People wouldn't feel indignant that it is "unfair that rich kids have an advantage" at the entrepreneurship game (which they absolutely do), if entrepreneurship we…
I'm pretty sure people are going to continue to be pissed off about some lucky assholes winning the birth lottery and cashing in their ticket to further profit off the labor of others less fortunate regardless of what kind of media spin you try to put on it.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpack grit and you're left with psychological traits which many normal people have.
So why don't many normal people successfully grow a business?
Translation: why don't many normal people have trust funds, expensive educations, the disposable income and lack of financial responsibilities to be able to work for free for extended periods of time, friends in industry, investor class connections, or some combination of all of the above plus a shitload of luck.
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#25> Think of a prominent global-company CEO. Sir Martin Sorrell? Indra Nooyi? Elon Musk?
> Now, name the CFO and CMO. I bet you can’t.
I can't, but it's because it's not the CFO and CMO representing the company on the public realm, so they're not the faces and names I see when there's news about a company in which I do not work at or with.
If this "exposure" happens within a company as well, that's an issue for each company to assess and deal with accordingly.
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Because the economy can only support a limited number of business owners, but a large number of employees.
The economy doesn't 'support' business owners - business owners (and their customers and employees) are the economy.
That business owners are floated on the backs of their employees seems pretty obvious.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpack grit and you're left with psychological traits which many normal people have.
So why don't many normal people successfully grow a business?
Maybe some people just aren't interested in doing that? Many entrepreneurs don't want to be employees and maybe many employees don't want to be entrepreneurs. I think both groups should be happy that the other exists.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unpack grit and you're left with psychological traits which many normal people have.
So why don't many normal people successfully grow a business?
they do. you just don't read about the successful entrepreneurs that grow their business from 1 gas station convenience store to 4 gas station convenience stores.
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I'd argue the cult of the entrepreneur and cult of the founder are two different things. You're right, anyone can found a company. Entrepreneurship, on the other hand requires execution, vision, and creativity and is a real art.
Many things are a real art.
Tell me about it. You ever try making croissants?