A Tale of Two Business Cultures

The United States has a highly developed culture of business. Folks think transactionally, and the system is geared towards economic growth. There are reasonably many regulations and relatively good enforcement. And yet...why did I know that Delaware was the best place to incorporate before I understood what it really meant to make som...

The United States has a highly developed culture of business. Folks think transactionally, and the system is geared towards economic growth. There are reasonably many regulations and relatively good enforcement. And yet...why did I know that Delaware was the best place to incorporate before I understood what it really meant to make something people want ? It's strangely easy to live within a culture of business and never learn how to create a new one. Education systems are not yet oriented in that direction. (I like the critiques articulated in Stop Stealing Dreams and The Case Against Educati

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