Economics for One

You might be an Entrepreneur!

I recently met a man who tried to impress me with his entrepreneurial credentials.

“I’ve always been an entrepreneur!” he proclaimed.  “When I graduated from school I immediately joined a little startup, named Yahoo!”  He looked quite pleased with himself.

He was in his early 30’s.  I thought about it a moment.  “So, how may employees were there?”

“Just 350 back then.”  He answered smugly.

Pause.  “And when did they go public?  Wasn’t it around then?”

“Well, yes.  Just before I joined.”  Now he looked uncomfortable.  Or annoyed.  Either way, he seemed to realize I was calling his bluff; I quickly changed the subject. Read more…

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