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In particular, a lot of failing companies are failing because the owner wanted control more than they wanted success. No matter how much they protest to the contrary. See also Kitchen Nightmares w/ Gordon Ramsay. People literally invite him in to save their business and then tell him to fuck off.

If we're going to filter out all of the companies that have failed, are failing, or will be failing, you've only got a sample size of about 5% of all companies. At that point you're basically cherry-picking if you discount all of the duds.




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