I happen to know a man, a relative of sorts, who has many of the character ingredients of an entrepreneur, and yet has remained poor all his life. He is a pain in the neck. For years I had to listen to his blowhard spouting about how many of his ideas would have changed the world, if only he had not had children and ‘responsibilities’. Finally, I went out and bought him a copy of a Louis Jordan CD and played it to him at full blast. Here’s one of the verses: I been hearin’ all about all your big ideas Since you started. What’s the hitch? You ain’t never made ten dollars yet, Yet you say you
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