Slashdot is running a silly piece about the likelihood of Google diseappearing in five years (or so wishes Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer). While that’s wildly unlikely, it did remind me of a great quote unearthed recently by management guru Tom Peters from the book Why Most Things Fail: Evolution, Extinction and Economics:
I am often asked by would-be entrepreneurs seeking escape from life within huge corporate structures, “How do I build a small firm for myself?” The answer seems obvious: “Buy a very large one and just wait.”
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