> Creating value out of nothing is way harder than simply not screwing up existing value.
I disagree. Not screwing up existing value is way harder than simply creating value out of nothing.
I disagree. Not screwing up existing value is way harder than simply creating value out of nothing.
Given that most corporations fail eventually no matter what, you might have a point there.
Maybe what I meant was the micro-level, not the macro-level evaluation. It might be easier for a given individual within a large corporation to play the game of 'keep the system running' and do well as compared to playing an active role in a small group of pirates that is building value from scratch which eventually can scale to a significant size.
Fair point though!
For instance, do you mean to say that, given the average company making $X net profit per month, it is harder to steer that company to grow to make $(X + Y) per month, than it is to start another company that makes $Y per month, from nothing?
Like sibling comment said, from a data-driven perspective that seems incorrect, but I wonder if your definitions of "value" or "difficulty" have some other nuance.
I’m not sure I 100% agree with the statement, but it’s an interesting perspective to try from time to time.