On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John seems to be following a non-Schumpeterian definition of > "entrepreneur" entrepreneurs are simply small business-owners. I > prefer the term "petty bourgeois" for them, though to some extent > definitions are merely a matter of taste. (BTW, I distinguish the > petty bourgeoisie from the professional-managerial "middle layers.")
I think this is a misunderstanding. Small business owners e.g. a pizza shop owners are not entrepreneurs. A programmer in a Silicon Valley garage with a good software, or a university professor with a new invention looking to turn their ideas into real products are entrepreneurs. e.g. the founders of Google were entrepreneurs when they started out. *Successful* entrepreneurs (like the Google guys), of course, eventually become capitalists but I don't see why that has to be the case. John V is quite right in pointing out that entrepreneurs are usually victims of capitalists (VCs) just as workers are. -raghu. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
