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Corporate Entrepreneurship: Turn Irony into Opportunity

In the CEO Afterlife

The change-makers are small- to medium-size enterprises that either lead niche categories or are hell-bent on knocking the big guy from the top rung of a mass market. Several, such as Trump, still operate by the brain and muscle ethic. In those companies you’ll find entrepreneurial thinking.”. Does it inspire?

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How 'Aaron's Law' Is Good for Business

Harvard Business Review

Freedom of contract, however, proved inconvenient when mass markets arose, and companies needed to do business the same way with millions of customers at once. Handy as this hack was in the age of mass marketing, it has become a massive source of friction for everybody interacting with services on the internet today.